Rubber Plant Genus Species

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

Rubber plant genus species.

Many are tall forest trees that are buttressed by great spreading roots. Others are planted as ornamentals. Hevea benthamiana hevea brasiliensis and hevea guianensis. 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.

Ficus genus of about 900 species of trees shrubs and vines in the family moraceae many of which are commonly known as figs. 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. The plants are native primarily to tropical areas of east asia. How to care for a rubber plant.

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. The rubber plant ficus elastica is a popular ornamental plant from the ficus genus. 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. Erythrospermum were introduced from europe and now propagate as wildflowers.

In the genus of hevea 11 species exist but only three species within the genus produce usable rubber. In it s natural habitat it grows over 30 metres tall however the varieties grown indoors are a much more manageable height.