Some tree species have other scientific.
Rubber plant tree botanical name.
In its native jungle habitat in india and malaysia the plant can grow up to 100 feet tall.
But indoors a rubber tree typically tops out at 6 to 10 feet tall.
Non toxic to cats and dogs.
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.
Rubber plant propagation is not enormously popular among rubber plant owners for a variety of reasons.
Firstly rubber plants are so large that just one of these plants in a household is usually enough and people do not have the desire to grow more and own a series of rubber plants.
Ficus elastica commonly called india rubber plant india rubber tree or india rubber fig is native from the himalayas to malaysia sumatra and java it is a broadleaf evergreen shrub or tree that may grow to 50 100 tall in its native habitat.
Avoid lower than 55 f 12 c sudden temperature drops and cold drafts.
Ficus elastica the rubber fig rubber bush rubber tree rubber plant or indian rubber bush indian rubber tree is a species of plant in the fig genus native to eastern parts of south asia and southeast asia it has become naturalized in sri lanka the west indies and the us state of florida.
Many species of trees have other common names in different languages however the latin botanical scientific name for each species of tree is universal among languages and countries.
Rubber plant or tree rubber bush common.
Cultivated on plantations in the tropics and subtropics especially in southeast asia and western africa it replaced the rubber plant in the early 20th century as the chief source of natural rubber it has soft wood.
Average room temperatures of 60 75 f 15 24 c are fine.
It is widely grown in the tropics as an ornamental tree.
Rubber tree hevea brasiliensis south american tropical tree of the spurge family euphorbiaceae.
Sometimes in english and other languages there is more than one common name for a species.
And a large area of bark.
Hevea brasiliensis the pará rubber tree sharinga tree seringueira or most commonly the rubber tree or rubber plant is a flowering plant belonging to the spurge family euphorbiaceae.
25 30 cm tall.
If you re new to plant parenting a rubber tree is the plant for you.
See citrus trees list of vernacular names for an example.
Toxic to cats and dogs.
About the rubber tree houseplant.
