Castilla

E77154

genus of plants plant species taxon

Castilla is a genus of tropical American trees in the mulberry family, best known for species that produce natural rubber.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	genus of plants ⓘ plant species ⓘ plant species ⓘ plant species ⓘ taxon ⓘ
clade	Magnoliophyta ⓘ surface form: Angiosperms Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ
commonName	Castilla rubber trees ⓘ
economicUse	source of natural rubber ⓘ
family	Moraceae ⓘ Moraceae ⓘ Moraceae ⓘ Moraceae ⓘ
genus	Castilla NERFINISHED ⓘ Castilla NERFINISHED ⓘ Castilla NERFINISHED ⓘ
growthForm	tree ⓘ
habitat	tropical lowland forests ⓘ
hasSpecies	Castilla elastica ⓘ Castilla self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Castilla tunu Castilla ulei ⓘ
kingdom	Plantae ⓘ
knownFor	production of latex ⓘ production of latex ⓘ production of natural rubber ⓘ production of natural rubber ⓘ
latexType	cis-1,4-polyisoprene ⓘ
lifespan	perennial ⓘ
nativeTo	Central America ⓘ Central America ⓘ Mesoamerica ⓘ Mexico ⓘ South America ⓘ tropical America ⓘ
order	Rosales ⓘ
photosyntheticPathway	C3 ⓘ
plantType	broadleaf evergreen ⓘ
pollination	insect-pollinated ⓘ
reproductiveType	sexual reproduction ⓘ
seedDispersal	animal-dispersed ⓘ
taxonomicRank	genus ⓘ species ⓘ species ⓘ species ⓘ
usedBy	indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica ⓘ
usedFor	rubber production ⓘ
usedToMake	balls for the Mesoamerican ballgame ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Moraceae → contains → Castilla ⓘ

Castilla → hasSpecies → Castilla self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Castilla tunu