Mayans chewed on the sap of the sapodilla tree and called it chicle.
From the cnn.com
Exports of chicle, a gum taken from the sapodilla tree and used to make chewing gum, propped up the economy from the 1880s.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Visitors are required to use replica hickory clubs, hit gutta-percha balls molded from the sap of the sapodilla tree, and form tees from a mound of wet sand.