Taxon: Castilla elastica Sessé

See also subordinate taxa:

• Castilla elastica subsp. costaricana (no accessions)
• Castilla elastica subsp. elastica (no accessions)

Common names:

• castilloa rubber   (Source: AH 505 ) – English   [Castilla elastica subsp. elastica]
  
• Central American rubbertree   (Source: Ceiba 24:223. 1981) – English   [Castilla elastica subsp. elastica]
  
• Mexican rubbertree   (Source: Brittonia 12:viii) – English
  
• uletree   (Source: F Neotrop ) – English
  
• árbol del ule   (Source: Brittonia 12:viii) – Spanish
  
• caucho   (Source: Dict Econ Pl ) – Spanish   [Castilla elastica subsp. elastica]
  
• caucho   (Source: Names Soukup ) – Spanish   [Castilla elastica subsp. costaricana]
  
• caucho negro   (Source: Dict Econ Pl ) – Spanish   [Castilla elastica subsp. elastica]
  
• hule   (Source: Ceiba 24:223. 1981) – Spanish   [Castilla elastica subsp. costaricana]
  
• hule   (Source: Dict Econ Pl ) – Spanish   [Castilla elastica subsp. elastica]
  
• ule   (Source: Ceiba 24:223. 1981) – Spanish   [Castilla elastica subsp. costaricana]
  
• ule   (Source: Ceiba 24:223. 1981) – Spanish   [Castilla elastica subsp. elastica]
  

Economic importance:

• View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Central Mexico: Mexico - Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Veracruz
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Mesoamerica: Belize; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico - Chiapas, Tabasco, Yucatan; Nicaragua; Panama
  Western South America: Colombia [w.]; Ecuador [w.]

• widely naturalized in tropics

References:

• Berg, C. C. 1972. Olmedieae, Brosimeae (Moraceae). In: Organization for Flora Neotropica, ed., Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 7:94.
• Berg, C. C. 2001. Moreae, Arocarpeae, and Dorstenia (Moraceae) with introductions to the family and Ficus and with additions and corrections to Flora Neotropica Monograph 7. In: Organization for Flora Neotropica, ed., Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 83:269.
• Burger, W. C., ed. 1971–. Flora costaricensis. (F CostaR)
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
• Langman, I. K. 1960. Castilla Sessé, not Castilla Cerv. Brittonia 12[Tax Index 23]:viii.
• McVaugh, R. 2000. Botanical results of the Sessé & Mociño expedition (1787-1803). Vii. A guide to relevant scientific names of plants. (Bot Sesse & Mocino) 392.
• Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala. (F Guat)
• Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943–1980. Flora of Panama. (F Panama)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Castilla elastica.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Castilla elastica. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• Castilla costaricana Liebm. [≡ Castilla elastica subsp. costaricana]
  
• Castilla guatemalensis Pittier [= Castilla elastica subsp. elastica]
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)
• Castilla lactiflua O. F. Cook [= Castilla elastica subsp. elastica]
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• Castilla nicoyensis O. F. Cook [= Castilla elastica subsp. elastica]
  (previously associated with 5 accessions)
• Castilla panamensis O. F. Cook [= Castilla elastica subsp. costaricana]
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)

Check other databases for Castilla elastica Sessé:

• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Fruit and seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Fruits: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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