Castilloa

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Castilloa in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Castilloa (for Castillejo, the Spanish botanist). Moraceae. Laticiferous trees, of which C. elastica Cerv., is one of the important rubber-producing plants. There are 2 or 3 species, in Cuba and Cent. Amer. Lvs. alternate, short-petioled, often large, entire or toothed: plant monoecious, the sexes borne in the same cluster: sterile fl. with no perianth, stamens numerous and crowded, with scales intermixed; fertile fls. with 4-lobed perianth, including the short-styled ovary: fr. a crustaceous pericarp containing a pendulous seed. The cult, of C. elastica for rubber is described in Cyclo. Amer. Agric., Vol. II, p. 557. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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