Also known as the rubber fig tree or the rubberwood tree the rubber tree plant can grow to over 100 feet tall in the wild.
The rubber tree facts.
The genus of rubber tree is hevea.
Here are 14 other interesting facts about rubber trees.
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The tree can grow to over 100 feet tall 30 meters in the wild and as an indoor houseplant it usually grows.
Rubber tree general facts.
People also call it as seringueira sharinga tree and parĂ¡ rubber tree.
Hevea brasilienis is the botanical name of the rubber tree.
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.
In the wild the rubber tree will grow to heights of 100 to 130 feet and can live up to 100 years.
Facts about rubber tree inform the readers with a tree included in the family euphorbiaceae.
The scientific name of rubber tree is hevea brasiliensis.
Its most famous feature is the milky white sap known as latex which flows freely from the tree when a sliver of bark is removed.
The rubber tree plant is also called the rubber wood tree or rubber fig tree.
The main source of natural rubber is from rubber tree.
Rubber tree south american tropical tree of the spurge family euphorbiaceae.
The tree has a cylindrical truck which is typically swollen towards the base.
The rubber tree can only thrive in hot damp regions near the equator so 90 of true rubber production today occurs in these areas.