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Rubber tree
Cheongweei Gan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via iNaturalist

Spurge family: cassava & rubber

Rubber tree

Hevea brasiliensis (Willd. ex A.Juss.) Müll.Arg.

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishRubber tree
DutchBraziliaanse rubberboom
SpanishÁrbol de hule
Chinese三叶橡胶树
Scientific nameHevea brasiliensis (Willd. ex A.Juss.) Müll.Arg.

About this species

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.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderMalpighiales
FamilyEuphorbiaceae
GenusHevea

In Suriname

12Records in Suriname
1910First record
1972Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Paramaribo1

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

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