In its native jungle habitat in india and malaysia the plant can grow up to 100 feet tall.
Rubber tree chinese name.
Rubber tree hevea brasiliensis south american tropical tree of the spurge family euphorbiaceae.
And a large area of bark.
Other names for this indoor good luck tree include rubber fig indian rubber bush or rubber bush.
Some tree species have other scientific.
Of the three species only.
The rubber tree plant is one of the many types of indoor ficus tress.
Cultivated on plantations in the tropics and subtropics especially in southeast asia and western africa it replaced the rubber plant in the early 20th century as the chief source of natural rubber it has soft wood.
With its glossy leathery leaves and upright form it s a striking addition to almost any room in your house.
But indoors a rubber tree typically tops out at 6 to 10 feet tall.
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.
Baby jade dwarf rubber plant jade tree chinese rubber plant japanese rubber plant scientific name.
In the genus of hevea 11 species exist but only three species within the genus produce usable rubber.
Eucommia is a genus of small trees now native to china with a fossil record that shows a much wider distribution the single living species eucommia ulmoides is near threatened in the wild but is widely cultivated in china for its bark and is highly valued in herbology such as traditional chinese medicine.
It s a member of the family moraceae which means this good luck is related to figs.
Ornamental rubber plants have large thick oval leaves that can be in a range of colors.
Many species of trees have other common names in different languages however the latin botanical scientific name for each species of tree is universal among languages and countries.
Eucommia ulmoides commonly called hardy rubber tree is typically grown as an ornamental shade tree because of its attractive glossy green foliage and its excellent resistance to insect and disease problems it is native to china but is possibly now extinct in the wild.
See citrus trees list of vernacular names for an example.
Sometimes in english and other languages there is more than one common name for a species.
Hevea benthamiana hevea brasiliensis and hevea guianensis.
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.
