It has broad shiny oval leaves 10 35 centimetres 3 9 13 8 in long and 5 15.
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It is a tropical tree that grows to a height of 30 meters 40 meters and has a leafy crown.
Leaves are trifoliate 10 to 15 cm.
The trunk is cylindrical and may have a swollen bottle shaped base.
Other plants that have the special sap called latex are figs ficus elastica castilla panama rubber tree euphorbias lettuce the common dandelion taraxacum kok saghyz russian dandelion scorzonera tau saghyz and guayule.
Petals are rarely present.
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Hevea brasiliensis is the tree that most rubber comes from.
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The bark is some shade of brown and the inner bark oozes latex when damaged.
It belongs to the genus euphorbiaceae.
In the 1800s most sap to make rubber came from south america.
South asia and southeast asia have the most rubber tree plantations.
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Emerald point hardy rubber tree eucommia ulmoides empozam.
The plant produces a milky colored latex sap which can be retrieved from the plant once it matures to an age of about six years old.
The botanical name of the rubber tree is hevea brasilienis.
The trunk is smooth and straight with a grayish bark.
It has a cylindrical trunk that is swollen towards the base.
Rubber tree hevea brasiliensis south american tropical tree of the spurge family euphorbiaceae.
The rubber tree plant is also called the rubber wood tree or rubber fig tree.
Cultivars and their differences.
Flowers of the largest genus euphorbia are in cup shaped clusters called cyathia each of which seems to be a single female flower but actually consists of a single pistil surrounded by several male flowers each of which has a single stamen.
It is known for its laticiferous system from which latex is extracted by tapping the trunk.
The tree can grow to over 100 feet tall 30 meters in the wild and as an indoor houseplant it usually grows to between 2 6 meters.
When the rubber tree reaches 30 years old the wood will be used to make furniture pieces.
Description of the rubber tree hevea brasiliensis.
The wood of rubber tree.
A columnar upright narrow oval tree reaching 30 40 feet high and 15 feet.
The locations of rubber tree plantations.
Flowers are of one sex and male and female flowers are usually borne on the same plant.
Male and female flowers are on separate trees dioecious.
The fruit is a seed enclosed in a waxy wing capsule.
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.
The rubber tree hevea brasiliensis is a fast growing medium to tall tree 25 m high in plantations and up to 40 m in the wild with deep tap roots.
The trunk develops aerial and buttressing roots to anchor it in the soil and help support heavy branches.
