Castilloa

Medicinal plants are numerous, and india rubber of the species called Castilloa elastica.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

-- The _Castilloa elastica_ is indigenous to Mexico, and there are large areas in the tropical part of the country where it is encountered, and some considerable planting has taken place of recent years.

Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development Martin [Editor] Hume 1919

Brazil, furnishes Ceará rubber; _Castilloa elastica_, Central American

Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges 1895

In the case of the Dumont Estates, although the best possible land was chosen and three different varieties of rubber -- the Pará, Ceará and the Castilloa were experimented with, it was soon discovered that only one kind -- the Ceará -- attained any growth at all, and this gave very little latex -- owing undoubtedly to the nature of the soil and the climate.

Across Unknown South America Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894

The latter is taken from the Siphonia elastica, a Euphorbiaceous tree; but in Central America the tree that yields it it is a species of wild fig (Castilloa elastica).

The Naturalist in Nicaragua Thomas Belt 1855