Castilla (plant)
（重定向自Castilloa）
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![Castilla elastica, Panama rubber tree, showing scar where a branch has dropped. A recently fallen branch is posed at right](/Images/godic/202501/03/Castilla_elastica_Bark_Scar3338.jpg")
Castilla (sometimes incorrectly spelled Castilloa) is a tree genus belonging to the family Moraceae found native in Central America. It is named after Juan Diego del Castillo (d. 1793), a botanist, who was a friend of Vicente Cervantes, who chose the name in his friend's honor.