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Rubber plant
Yoav Daniel Bar-Ness, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Fig & mulberry family

Rubber plant

Ficus elastica Roxb.

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishRubber plant
DutchIndische rubberboom
SpanishHule asiático
Chinese印度榕
Scientific nameFicus elastica Roxb.

About this species

Ficus elastica, the rubber fig, rubber bush, rubber tree, rubber plant, or Indian rubber bush, Indian rubber tree, or rambung is a species of flowering plant in the family Moraceae, native to eastern parts of South and Southeast Asia. Its common names reflect its historical use as a source of rubber within its native range, but it is not used in the modern commercial-scale production of natural rubber.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderRosales
FamilyMoraceae
GenusFicus

In Suriname

5Records in Suriname
2iNaturalist observations
1917First record
2022Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Brokopondo1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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