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TitleFile:Castilla elastica, fruit of the Panama Rubber Tree (11362341634).jpg
Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
Rating2.5
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Description
Found from southern Mexico to Ecuador with names such as Palo de Hule and El Caucho. The sap was once used to make a rubber. Photo from Sarapiqui Valley, Costa Rica.   In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/rosales/index.html
Original URLhttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Castilla_elastica%2C_fruit_of_the_Panama_Rubbe...
photographerDick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada
providerWikimedia Commons
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith