Castilla elastica 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 gathered from "Castilla elastica" was converted into usable rubber by mixing the latex with the juice of the morning glory species "Ipomoea alba" which, conveniently, is typically found in the wild as a vine climbing "Castilla elastica". The rubber produced by this method found several uses, including most notably, the manufacture of balls for the Mesoamerican ballgame "ōllamaliztli". The Aztec
Site of Ficus superba var. henneana tree with originally of land, later subdivided to in the 1950s, and one acre lots in the 1960s. The castle with its substantial landscaped grounds was built by newspaper propietor Frank Bennett, and had been host to a number of notable guests and visitors in his ownership, tenanted later by Dame Nellie Melba, and other notable guests in later periods when used as a private hotel and banking executive training school. Site of "Ficus superba var. henneana" tree was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. Site of Ficus superba var. henneana tree Site of