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Castilla ulei
Castilla ulei, called caucho negro in Spanish or amora-vermelha-da-Amazônia in Portuguese (meaning Amazonian red mulberry), is a tree in the family Moraceae, native to South America, specifically in the Amazon rainforest.
Latex obtained from the trunk of this tree is used locally to make rubber.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Castilla ulei by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
