Common Name
Chicle tree
Family
SAPOTACEAE
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Trees Tree-like Palms & Bamboos
Spanish Name
- Grows up to 40m tall in open areas and forest edges. Sometimes cultivated because its edible fruits.
- Chicle gum is obtained from oblique cuts or slashes made in the trunk of the tree during the rainy months.
- Pollinated by bats and seeds dispersed by arboreal and terrestrial mammals.
- Useful species in ecological and soil restoration. PROPAGATION: Seeds.