Castilla elastica

Castilla elastica
Castilla elastica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Tribe: Castilleae
Genus: Castilla
Species: C. elastica
Binomial name
Castilla elastica
Sessé, 1794

Castilla elastica, the Panama Rubber Tree, is a tree native to the tropical areas of Mexico, Central America, and northern South America.[1] It was the principal source of latex among the Mesoamerican peoples in pre-Columbian times. The latex gathered from Castilla elastica was converted into usable rubber by mixing the latex sap with the juice of the morning glory species Ipomoea alba which, conveniently, is typically found in the wild as a vine climbing Castilla elastica. The rubber produced by this method found several uses, including most notably, the manufacture of balls for the Mesoamerican ballgame.

The Aztec (Nahuatl) word for rubber was ulli / olli, from which their word for the ballgame derived (ullamaliztli), and also their name for the ancient people they associated with the origin of the ballgame, the Olmecs (olmeca: "rubber people"). The Nahuatl word for the tree of Castilla elastica is olicuáhuitl;[2] in Spanish it is known as palo de hule.

Subspecies

  • Castilla elastica ssp. costaricana (Liebm.) C.C.Berg
  • Castilla elastica ssp. elastica (Castilloa rubber)

common name: caucho,castilloa rubber.

See also

  • Guayule - another source of latex utilized by the pre-Columbian Mesoamericans
  • Para rubber tree - the main source of modern commercial natural latex

References

  1. ^ "Castilla elastica Sessé". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2005-01-28. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?9530. Retrieved 2009-10-16. 
  2. ^ "Castilla elastica". Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad. http://www.conabio.gob.mx/conocimiento/info_especies/arboles/doctos/48-morac2m.pdf. 

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