About Brasilian Rubber
Hevea brasiliensis, the Pará rubber tree, sharinga tree, seringueira, or, most commonly, rubber tree or rubber plant, is a flowering plant belonging to the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. It is originally native to the Amazon basin, but is now pantropical in distribution due to introductions. 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.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Hevea brasiliensis
- Genus
- Hevea
- Family
- EUPHORBIACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Cultivated
- Native to
- Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia
- Distribution
- Widely cultivated in Tropics
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-June
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- रबड़, रबर
- Bengali
- প্যারা রাবার
- Tamil
- பிரேசிலிய ரப்பர் மரம்
- Telugu
- రబ్బరు చెట్టు
- Kannada
- ರಬ್ಬರಿನಮರ
- Malayalam
- റബ്ബർ, റബ്ബർ മരം, Hevea brasiliensis
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Brasilian Rubber belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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