Moraceae
Panama rubbertree
Castilla elastica
- Family
- Moraceae
- Genus
- Castilla
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Common names
By language (10)
- Asturian
- Castiella elastica
- ba
- Һығылмалы Кастилия
- Belarusian
- Эластычная Кастылія
- Chinese
- 弹性卡斯桑木, 彈性卡斯桑木
- Dutch
- Panamese rubberboom
- English
- Panama rubbertree
- Hebrew
- קאוצ'וק, עץ הגומי
- nah
- Ōlcuahuitl
- Polish
- Kastylka sprężysta, Szatnia sprężysta
- Russian
- Эластичная Кастилия
Synonyms
- Castilla elastica subsp. elastica
- Castilla elastica var. liga J.Poiss.
- Castilla guatemalensis Pittier
- Castilla gummifera (Bertol.) Standl.
- Castilla lactiflua O.F.Cook
- Castilla markhamiana Markham
- Castilla nicoyensis O.F.Cook
- Ficus gummifera Bertol.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.