Rubber Plant Genus Species

Erythrospermum were introduced from europe and now propagate as wildflowers.

Rubber plant genus species.

Both species are edible in their entirety. Hevea brasiliensis the pará rubber tree sharinga tree seringueira or most commonly the rubber tree or rubber plant is a flowering plant belonging to the spurge family euphorbiaceae it is the most economically important member of the genus hevea because the milky latex extracted from the tree is the primary source of natural rubber. The rubber plant ficus elastica is a popular ornamental plant from the ficus genus. 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 eastern parts of south asia and southeast asia it has become naturalized in sri lanka the west indies and the us state of florida.

Hevea benthamiana hevea brasiliensis and hevea guianensis. Others are planted as ornamentals. It has also been introduced to most other tropical and subtropical regions by man because of its attractive flowers and the fact that its latex contains. How to care for a rubber plant.

Taraxacum t ə ˈ r æ k s ə k ʊ m is a large genus of flowering plants in the family asteraceae which consists of species commonly known as dandelions the genus is native to eurasia and north america but the two commonplace species worldwide t. In the genus of hevea 11 species exist but only three species within the genus produce usable rubber. Of the three species only the rubberwood is grown commercially on plantations for the harvest of rubber and wood. In it s natural habitat it grows over 30 metres tall however the varieties grown indoors are a much more manageable height.

The plants are native primarily to tropical areas of east asia. Rubber plants belong in the large genus of ficus which include around 900 different species of trees vines and shrubs and is broken down even further with the vast amount of different cultivars for each of the species.