Chicle

San Ignacio, in western Belize, was an important center for the Baymen (British loggers) and chicleros (collectors of chicle, which is used to make chewing gum), who also relied on the river to transport their goods. ❋ Scott Schmidt (2007)

Many Americans didn't realize at the time, I think, that Guatemala was the world's principal source of high-quality chicle, which is one of the ingredients in chewing gum. ❋ Unknown (1993)

The sap is called chicle, and the men who climb the trees to collect the sap are called chicleros. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A bright white sap called chicle runs down the wound in the wood, prompting a smile. ❋ Unknown (2009)

According to Lehnhoff Temme (1990), local people use forests species such as chicle Marilkara achrag, pepper Pimenta dioica, cedar, mahogany Swietenia humilis and 'ramon' Brosimum alicastrum and the use of leaves and flowers from Chamaedorea and Araceae spp. are used for ornamental purposes. ❋ Unknown (2008)

"Traditionally, the youth here work basically as farmhands, dealing with the extraction of things like chewing gum (" chicle ") and the xate plant from our land," said WCS technician Julio Zetina, who helps implement the agreement. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Spaniards discovered all this the hard way when they first encountered the Aztec macahuitl, a flat wooden sword tipped with obsidian blades held in place by chicle. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Mexicans, including Santa Ana, worried about their teeth, which they kept clean by chewing chicle, a rubbery plant sap. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The candy maker thought the ex-general's chicle tasted awful but wasn't bad if it was mixed with mint and dipped in sugar. ❋ Unknown (2009)

To teach your kids the value of rainforest products, stuff their stockings with Glee Gum's make-your-own-chewing-gum kit, an irresistible mess of sugar, syrup, flavoring, and chicle gum base from Central America's sapodilla trees. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The workers extract natural gum from the sap of the chicle tree, which is then used to make the product. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I have one of those good-for-the-planet purses made of wrappers from the chicle that Mexican kids hawk in the streets and on the outskirts of Pemex stations, and this morning I heard the first of the daily comments on the bag. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A large area of the reserve still comprises dense broad-leaved forests with more than 300 species of trees useful to man, such as cedar, mahogany, 'ramon', Araceae (osier for furniture), chicle, pepper and others. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The rich vegetation includes; species of savanna such as nance Byrsonima crassifolia; high altitude forest with chicle Manilkara zapota, 'ramon' or bread-nut tree Brosimum alicastrum, West Indian mahogany Swietenia macrophylla (E), cedar Cedrela odorata, palma de botan (palm) Sabal morrisiana and palma de escobo Chrysophyllum argentearum, 'tinto' lowland forest with Hematoxylum campechianum; wetlands with tule Typha sp. around water bodies. ❋ Unknown (2008)