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Castilla elastica

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The Nahuatl word for rubber was ulli / olli, from which their word for the ballgame derived), 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; in Spanish it is known as palo de hule.

Subspecies

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

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