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Species 



ChrysophyUtDu 

 olhnjonne 



Tahernemon- 



tana sp. 

 Thevefia 



nitida 

 Ficiis lapathi- 



folia 

 Ficus glabrata 



Pluineria )milti- 



flora 

 Cameraria 



belisensis 

 Couma 



Gnatemalen- 



sis 



Fatnilv 



Table 1. Concluded 



Localities and J^ernacuJar Reference in 



Names Literature 



Sapotaceae British Honduras: JJ'ild star apple Standley (1924, 



(English), ehiceli C^laya) , Chike. 

 Salvador and Honduras : Cainiito 

 (Spanish). Salvador: sapotiUo, 

 guayabillo (Spanish). Yucatan: 

 chic eh (Maya) 



Apocynaceae British Honduras : cojon de pero, 

 cojoton 



Apocynaceae British Honduras : cojoton 



Moraceae Guatemala and British Honduras : 

 Kopo. niafa pah, strangler fig 



^loraceae British Honduras: i\.'ild fig. Guate- 

 mala : higo. Salvador : Amate de 

 hi jo grande 



Apocynaceae British Honduras : zapilote 



Apocynaceae British Honduras : Chechem de ca- 

 bal lo 

 Apocynaceae Guatemala: palo de vaca; cotv tree 



1925, 1932) ; 

 Record (1930) 



Record (1925) ; 

 Standley (1917) 



Record (1930) 



Record (1930) 



Record and Kuylen 

 (1926) ;Kariing 

 (1935) 



which, according to reports of chicleros in British Honduras, they 

 have been utiHzed in adulterating the good chicle from A. zapota. 

 This varies naturally in the different localities and countries ac- 

 cording to the occurrence of laticiferous plants, and there is, of 

 course, no universal agreement among chicleros and contractors 

 in this respect. The arrangement presented is accordingly personal 

 and tentative. Achras chicle gum and "chiquibul" are often collected 

 and sold, without mixing with A. zapota chicle, under the name of 

 Crown Gum in British Honduras. Contrary to the reports of many 

 chicleros, A. chicle or "chicle macho" in the writer's experience 

 yields a goodly amount of latex in this colony, but its chicle is very 

 soft, difficult to mold, and resembles "chiquibul." Chicleros, there- 

 fore, generally mix it with the gum of A. zapota in the proportion of 

 one to three, making a chicle that will mold and become quite firm. 

 The practice of adulteration in the jungle is not widely practiced at 

 present, since adulterated chicle can be readily recognized by tests. 



