Rabara Vriksh / Indian Rubber Tree
Ficus elastica
Also known as Assam Rubber
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Meghalaya, Karnataka, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- February-April
How to identify Rabara Vriksh
Identify Rabara Vriksh by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Reddish sheath around new leaf tip, thick glossy leaves (rubber tree).
- Confirm leaf shape: Elliptic (widest at middle).
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: February-April.
- In India, compare location records such as Meghalaya, Karnataka, Maharashtra, West Bengal and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Moraceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Rabara Vriksh.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ficus elastica
- Genus
- Ficus
- Family
- Moraceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Planted as ornamental tree
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- North East India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Java
- Distribution
- India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Java, Malaya
- Found in India
- Meghalaya, Karnataka, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Mizoram, Delhi, Chandigarh, Kerala, Rajasthan, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland, Odisha, Puducherry, Punjab, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Elliptic (widest at middle)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Rabara Vriksh itself; the rest are typical of the Moraceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Catkin
- Fruit
- Drupe
Typical of the Moraceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- रबर वृक्ष rabara vriksh
- Bengali
- ভারতীয় রাবার
- Tamil
- சீமை ஆல், சீமை ஆலமரம்
- Telugu
- Rabbaru, Sagubanka, Simamarri
- Kannada
- Goli, Goni, ಸೀಮೆ ಆಲ Seemeala
- Malayalam
- Shimayal, Simayal, ശീമയാൽ
- Marathi
- रबराचो वड Rabracho-vad
About Rabara Vriksh
Indian Rubber Tree (Ficus elastica) is a tree in the Moraceae family. In India it has been recorded in Meghalaya, Karnataka, Maharashtra and 23 other states. It is planted as ornamental tree. Flowering and fruiting run from February to April.
Moraceae
Fig/Mulberry family
Rabara Vriksh belongs to the Moraceae family.
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