Castilla elastica (Nahuatl) word for rubber was "ulli / olli", from which their word for the ballgame derived), and also their name for the ancient people they associated with the origin of the ballgame, the Olmecs ("olmeca": "rubber people"). The Nahuatl word for the tree of "Castilla elastica" is olicuáhuitl; in Spanish it is known as palo de hule. Caucho, castilloa rubber. Castilla elastica Castilla elastica, the Panama rubber tree, is a tree native to the tropical areas of Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. It was the principal source of latex among the Mesoamerican peoples in pre-Columbian times. The latex
Ficus septica by fig wasps from the genus "Ceratosolen". Usually members of the genus "Ficus" are pollinated by a single species of pollinating fig wasps specific to each fig species, but recent observations of "Ficus septica" have shown there to be three pollinating species in the South of Taiwan and two in The Philippines. The figs of "Ficus septica" have been reported to be eaten by 22 animal species and among them 14 are bats: Ficus septica Ficus septica (called Hauli tree in the Philippines, 棱果榕 in China and Taiwan) is a shrub or tree of the family Moraceae living at low