His boss was Mexican President Santa Anna ... in the rainforest for the 4-month-long rainy season when the Sapodilla sap flowed. Trees slashed using sharp machetes could be tapped only five ...

You see, the sap of this Mexican and Central American plant was the original source for chicle used to make chewing gum – a process discovered by the Mayan Empire. Sapodilla tree’s small ...

though historians say they likely used different techniques to extract the resin from the sapodilla (also called chico zapote) tree and make gum. The modern chewing gum was created by American ...

though historians say they likely used different techniques to extract the resin from the sapodilla (also called chico zapote) tree and make gum. The modern chewing gum was created by US scientist ...

CALAKMUL BIOSPHERE RESERVE, Mexico (AP) — Miguel Ángel Díaz walks slowly so his footfall on dry leaves doesn’t drive away what he’s trying to find in this dense forest of seeded breadnut ...