Ficus elastica
India-rubber Tree – Caoutchuc
Ficus elastica, the rubber fig, rubber bush, rubber tree, rubber plant, or Indian rubber bush, Indian rubber tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Moraceae, native to eastern parts of South and Southeast Asia. It has become naturalized in Sri Lanka, the West Indies, and the US state of Florida. Despite its common names, it is not used in the commercial production of natural rubber.
Rubber fig
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom:
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Plantae
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Clade:
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Tracheophytes
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Clade:
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Angiosperms
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Clade:
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Eudicots
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Clade:
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Rosids
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Order:
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Rosales
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Family:
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Moraceae
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Genus:
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Ficus
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Subgenus:
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F. subg. Urostigma
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Species:
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F. elastica
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Binomial name
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Ficus elastica
Roxb. ex Hornem. 1819 – not Roxb. 1832, nor Roxb. 1814 (the latter not validly published)
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- Ficus clusiifolia Summerh. 1929 not Schott 1827
- Ficus cordata Kunth & C.D.Bouché 1846 not Thunb. 1786
- Ficus elastica var. belgica L.H.Bailey & E.Z.Bailey
- Ficus elastica var. benghalensis Blume
- Ficus elastica var. decora Guillaumin
- Ficus elastica var. karet (Miq.) Miq.
- Ficus elastica var. minor Miq.
- Ficus elastica var. odorata (Miq.) Miq.
- Ficus elastica var. rubra L.H.Bailey & E.Z.Bailey
- Ficus karet (Miq.) King
- Ficus skytinodermis Summerh.
- Ficus taeda Kunth & C.D.Bouché
- Macrophthalma elastica (Roxb. ex Hornem.) Gasp.
- Visiania elastica (Roxb. ex Hornem.) Gasp.
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ATP: Asia Tree Preservation2016-12-23T18:56:59+08:00
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