Rubber Plant Genus Species

In the genus of hevea 11 species exist but only three species within the genus produce usable rubber.

Rubber plant genus species.

The rubber plant ficus elastica is a popular ornamental plant from the ficus genus. In it s natural habitat it grows over 30 metres tall however the varieties grown indoors are a much more manageable height. Many are tall forest trees that are buttressed by great spreading roots. The plants are native primarily to tropical areas of east asia.

Others are planted as ornamentals. Ficus genus of about 900 species of trees shrubs and vines in the family moraceae many of which are commonly known as figs. Both species are edible in their entirety. Erythrospermum were introduced from europe and now propagate as wildflowers.

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. 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. 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. Cryptostegia grandiflora commonly known as rubber vine is a woody perennial vine that is native to south west madagascar it is also a significant weed in northern australia sometimes regarded as the worst weed in all of australia.

Of the three species only the rubberwood is grown commercially on plantations for the harvest of rubber and wood. 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.