CECROPIA, in botany, a genus of the dicœcia diandria class. The spatha of the male is caducous; the amenta are imbricated with helmet-shaped scales; and the corolla is wanting. The germina of the female are imbricated; it has but one stylus; the stigma is lacerated; and the berry contains but one seed. There is one species, viz. the peltata, a native of Jamaica.