Rubber Plant Genus

Hevea benthamiana hevea brasiliensis and hevea guianensis.

Rubber plant genus.

The rubber plant ficus elastica is a popular ornamental plant from the ficus genus. Is a large or medium house plant with beautiful foliage belonging to the fig genus and moraceae family. How to care for a rubber plant. Water requirements for rubber plants are consistently moist but never soggy.

In the genus of hevea 11 species exist but only three species within the genus produce usable rubber. The plant is native to indian sub continent i e. 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. See more ideas about rubber plant rubber tree rubber tree plant.

Ficus are a large genus of tropical to semi tropical plants many of which are perfect for the home interior. The rubber plant produces a perfect home sized tree and is adaptable to indoor growing. How much water do rubber tree plants need. Rubber plants are in the fig ficus genus while peperomia plants are their own genus with hundreds of species.

The rubber tree is capable of growing 100 feet tall while the baby rubber plant will grow happily in a pot for its entire life cycle. 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. 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. Plant your new rubber tree leaving the moss on the roots in an appropriately sized pot with fresh soil then care for it as usual.

Rubber plant botanically known as ficus elastica roxb. In it s natural habitat it grows over 30 metres tall however the varieties grown indoors are a much more manageable height. Of the three species only the rubberwood is grown commercially on plantations for the harvest of rubber and wood. Bhutan northern india and nepal and south eastern asia i e.

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