✿Euphorbiaceae · Manihot
Kattu-Rubber / Ceara Rubber Tree
Manihot glaziovii
Also known as Manicoba Rubber
Tree
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Flowering
- June-January
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Manihot glaziovii
- Genus
- Manihot
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Introduced in India
- Native to
- Brazil
- Distribution
- Cultivated in most parts of the world
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- June-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- Lobed (edge divided into sections)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kattu-Rubber itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- GreenrecordedGreen or greenish
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kattu-Rubber itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- Kattu-rubber
About Kattu-Rubber
Ceara Rubber Tree (Manihot glaziovii) is a tree in the Euphorbiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka. It is introduced in India. Flowering and fruiting run from June to January.
Botanical family
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Kattu-Rubber belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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