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Castilla elastica Images

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Castilla elastica
Fruiting branch
Photograph by: Environmental Sciences Program, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
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Castilla elastica
Ripening fruits
Photograph by: Environmental Sciences Program, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
© Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Castilla elastica
Male flower clusters
Photograph by: Environmental Sciences Program, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
© Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Castilla elastica
Base of trunk
Photograph by: R. Pérez
© Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Castilla elastica
Developing fruit
Photograph by: R. Pérez
© Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Castilla elastica
Base of the trunk
Photograph by: R. Pérez
© Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Castilla elastica
Latex seeping from a cut in the trunk
Photograph by: Indiana Coronado
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Castilla elastica
Ripe fruit
Photograph by: O. M. Montiel
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Castilla elastica
Tree growing in native habitat. Howler monkeys can just be seen in the tree, eating the fruits
Photograph by: O. M. Montiel
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Castilla elastica
Latex running down the trunk and over the leaf (probably from damage or an incision in the bark)
Photograph by: Museo Leone de Ujarras
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Castilla elastica
Male compound flower - opened on the right to reveal the individual flowers
Photograph by: Dick Culbert
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Castilla elastica
Leaves
Photograph by: Vinayaraj
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