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2. Ficus elastica - Wikipedia

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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.

3. Hevea brasiliensis - Wikipedia

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   Hevea brasiliensis, the Pará rubber tree, sharinga tree, seringueira, or most commonly, rubber tree or rubber plant, is a flowering plant belonging to the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, originally native to the Amazon basin, but is now pantropical in distribution due to introductions.

4. Hevea - Wikipedia

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   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. The genus is native to tropical South America but is widely cultivated in other tropical countries and naturalized in ...

5. Plant propagation - Wikipedia

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   Plant propagation can refer to both man-made and natural processes. Propagation typically occurs as a step in the overall cycle of plant growth. For seeds, it happens after ripening and dispersal ; for vegetative parts, it happens after detachment or pruning; for asexually-reproducing plants, such as strawberry, it happens as the new plant ...

6. Balete tree - Wikipedia

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   Consequently the young plants are hemiepiphytes, i.e. epiphytes or air plants that grow several hanging roots which eventually touch the ground and take root. Some baletes produce natural rubber of an inferior quality. The Indian rubber tree, F. elastica, was formerly cultivated to some extent for

7. Hevea nitida - Wikipedia

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   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 ...