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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Taxobox<br /> | color = lightgreen<br /> | name = &#039;&#039;Castilla&#039;&#039;<br /> | image = Koeh-174.jpg‎<br /> | image_width = 240px<br /> | image_caption = &#039;&#039;Castilla elastica&#039;&#039;<br /> | regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> | divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]<br /> | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]<br /> | ordo = [[Rosales]]<br /> | familia = [[Moraceae]]<br /> | genus = &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;Castilla&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> | genus_authority = [[Vicente Cervantes|Cerv.]]<br /> | subdivision_ranks = Species<br /> | subdivision = See text<br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;Castilla&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (sometimes incorrectly spelled &#039;&#039;Castilloa&#039;&#039;) is a tree [[genus]] belonging to the family [[Moraceae]] found native in Central America. The main species is &#039;&#039;Castilla elastica&#039;&#039;, one of several plants from which rubber has been extracted. The vernacular name is &#039;&#039;Panama rubber tree&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;castilloa rubber&#039;&#039;. The pre-Columbian MesoAmericans used the latex of this plant to make a ball used in a [[mesoamerican ballgame|ceremonial game]]. &#039;&#039;Castilla elastica&#039;&#039; is a weedy tree which has become invasive in areas where it has been introduced, such as in the South Pacific.<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;Castilla&#039;&#039; species exhibit a phenomenon known as [[cladoptosis]] (the regular shedding of branches). This may be an adaptation to prevent the growth of climbing plants.<br /> [[Image:Castilla.JPG|thumb|left|[[Castilla|&#039;&#039;Castilla elastica&#039;&#039;]], Panama rubber tree, showing scar where a branch has dropped. A recently fallen branch is posed at right]]<br /> <br /> ;Species and subspecies<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Castilla elastica]]&#039;&#039; [[Martín Sessé y Lacasta|Sessé]] (Panama rubber tree)<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Castilla elastica]]&#039;&#039; Sessé ssp. &#039;&#039;costaricana&#039;&#039; (Liebm.) C. C. Berg (Castilla)<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Castilla elastica]]&#039;&#039; Sessé ssp. &#039;&#039;elastica&#039;&#039; (Castilloa rubber)<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Castilla ulei]]&#039;&#039; Warb. (Caucho rubber)<br /> ==See also==<br /> [[Rubber]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> [[Vicente Cervantes|Vicente (Vincente) de Cervantes]] (b. 1755, d. 1829), &#039;&#039;Castilla&#039;&#039;, in Gazeta de Literatura de México 1794, Suppl.: 7. (2 July 1794)<br /> <br /> ==External links ==<br /> *[http://www.hear.org/pier/species/castilla_elastica.htm Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): &#039;&#039;Castilla elastica&#039;&#039;] <br /> {{Commons|Castilla elastica|Castilla}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Moraceae]]<br /> {{Rosales-stub}}</div>

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