About the rubber tree houseplant.
Rubber tree plant name.
As a domesticated houseplant rubber plants grow anywhere between six to ten feet tall you can grow outdoor rubber plants if you live in zone.
Rubber plants can grow up to 100 feet in their native homeland of southeast asia.
And a large area of bark.
Rubber tree hevea brasiliensis south american tropical tree of the spurge family euphorbiaceae.
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.
Ficus elastica more commonly known as a rubber plant rubber tree or rubber tree plant is a popular houseplant because of its waxy leaves and larger than life appearance.
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.
Its sap is used to produce rubber hence the name.
Other names for this indoor good luck tree include rubber fig indian rubber bush or rubber bush.
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.
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 rubber tree plant is one of the many types of indoor ficus tress.
When learning how to care for a rubber tree plant there are a few key things to remember but rubber plant care isn t as difficult as one might think.
If you re new to plant parenting a rubber tree is the plant for you.
Don t worry though as a houseplant rubber plants usually get to around 8 10.
Rubber plant or tree rubber bush common.
Avoid lower than 55 f 12 c sudden temperature drops and cold drafts.
In its native environment it s normal for a rubber plant to grow to over 100 tall.
In its native jungle habitat in india and malaysia the plant can grow up to 100 feet tall.
But indoors a rubber tree typically tops out at 6 to 10 feet tall.
Toxic to cats and dogs.
The plants live for hundreds of.
A rubber tree plant is also known as a ficus elastica these large trees can grow up to 50 feet 15 m tall.
Average room temperatures of 60 75 f 15 24 c are fine.
