Castilla elastica

E375745

Castilla elastica is a tropical American tree species historically important as a source of natural rubber.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Castilla elastica canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf plant taxon ⓘ
rubber tree ⓘ
tree species ⓘ
belongsToClade angiosperms ⓘ
eudicots ⓘ
rosids ⓘ
dispersal animal-dispersed seeds ⓘ
distribution Colombia ⓘ
Costa Rica ⓘ
Ecuador ⓘ
Guatemala ⓘ
Honduras ⓘ
Nicaragua ⓘ
Panama ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
southern Mexico ⓘ
economicUse timber ⓘ
traditional medicine ⓘ
family Moraceae ⓘ
genus Castilla ⓘ
growthForm evergreen tree ⓘ
habitat lowland tropical forests ⓘ
riparian forests ⓘ
hasCommonName Castilloa rubber ⓘ
Mexican rubber tree ⓘ
Panama rubber tree ⓘ
hasPart latex ⓘ
historicallyImportantFor early natural rubber industry in tropical America ⓘ
indigenous rubber technology ⓘ
kingdom Plantae ⓘ
latexColor white ⓘ
leafType broadleaf ⓘ
nativeTo Central America ⓘ
Mesoamerica ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
tropical America ⓘ
order Rosales ⓘ
photosyntheticPathway C3 ⓘ
pollination insect-pollinated ⓘ
produces natural rubber ⓘ
sapType milky latex ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
usedBy pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures ⓘ
usedFor making balls for the Mesoamerican ballgame ⓘ
rubber production ⓘ
waterproofing ⓘ
woodType hardwood ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Castilla → hasSpecies → Castilla elastica ⓘ