Ficus elastica
The story
Deep in its native range of eastern South and Southeast Asia, including east India, Bhutan, and Indonesia, the rubber tree earned its name. Historically, local communities utilized this species as a source of rubber, a practice that gave rise to its enduring common names even though modern industries have since transitioned to other sources.
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- Family
- Moraceae
How to use it
Historically, Ficus elastica was utilized within its native range as a source of rubber. Today, it has spread beyond its native Asian habitats and has become naturalized in other parts of the world, including Sri Lanka, the West Indies, and the US state of Florida.
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About
Ficus elastica, the rubber fig, rubber bush, rubber tree, rubber plant, or Indian rubber bush, Indian rubber tree, is a species of plant in the fig genus, native to east India, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, China (Yunnan), Malaysia, and Indonesia. It has become naturalized in Sri Lanka, the West Indies, and the US State of Florida.
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
Full detailsevery field on the record, to copy
- Name
- Ficus elastica
- Slug
- ficus-elastica
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Moraceae
- Genus
- Ficus
- Species
- elastica
- Wikidata QID
- Q160576
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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