Taxon:
Castilla elastica Sessé subsp. elastica
Summary
Verified:
05/01/1993
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Berg, C. C. 1972. Olmedieae, Brosimeae (Moraceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 7:98. URL: http://www.nybg.org/botany/ofn/
- 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. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 83:269. URL: http://www.nybg.org/botany/ofn/
- Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
- Burger, W. C., ed. 1971-. Flora costaricensis.
- Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
- Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
- Williams, L. O. 1981. The useful plants of Central America. Ceiba 24:223.
Common names
English
castilloa-rubber – Central American rubbertree – Spanish
caucho – caucho negro – hule – ule –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Chiapas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Michoacán de Ocampo | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Nayarit | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Tabasco | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Yucatán | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Belize | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Costa Rica | | Nicoya Peninsula |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | El Salvador | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Guatemala | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Honduras | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Nicaragua | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. in tropics |
Native
Northern America
-
SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Chiapas, Michoacán de Ocampo, Nayarit, Tabasco, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Yucatán]
Southern America
-
CENTRAL AMERICA:
Belize, Costa Rica (Nicoya Peninsula), Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador
Cultivated
(also cult. in tropics)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Materials | latex/rubber | as C. elastica | Williams, L. O. 1981. The useful plants of Central America. Ceiba 24:223. |