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Hevea brasiliensis is a tall deciduous tree growing to a height of up to 43 m (141 ft) in the wild. Cultivated trees are usually much smaller because drawing off the latex restricts their growth. The trunk is cylindrical and may have a swollen, bottle-shaped base. The bark is some shade of brown, and the inner bark oozes latex when damaged.
H. nitida is a medium-sized, evergreen tree growing to 27 m (90 ft) with a slender trunk and branching crown. [2] The exception to this is the variety toxicodendroides, which is a shrubby form only growing to about 2 m (7 ft) tall. The leaves have three, drooping, elliptical leaflets, that are folded upwards at the midrib; both upper and lower ...
H. benthamiana is a medium-sized deciduous tree growing to around 27 m (90 ft), often with a narrow crown and a swollen, bottle-like trunk; these features seem to be a response to periodic flooding because they do not occur in cultivated trees. This tree is deciduous, shedding its old foliage before stubby "winter shoots" develop. [1]
H. pauciflora is a small evergreen tree growing to a height of about 18 m (60 ft). The specific epithet pauciflora is Latin for 'few-flowered'. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is sometimes tapped for rubber production but the latex is low in quality, being mixed with much resin .
Hevea is a genus of flowering plants in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, with about ten members.It is also one of many names used commercially for the wood of the most economically important rubber tree, H. brasiliensis.
Hevea rigidifolia is a species of rubber tree in the genus Hevea, belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae.It is native to the rainforests of northern Brazil and Colombia, [1] where it is endemic to localities near the upper Rio Negro, a north bank tributary of the Amazon River, and its tributary, the Vaupés River.
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Ficus elastica, the rubber fig, rubber bush, rubber tree, rubber plant, or Indian rubber bush, Indian rubber tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Moraceae, native to eastern parts of South and Southeast Asia. It has become naturalized in Sri Lanka, the West Indies, and the US state of Florida.