Ficus elastica

Rubber fig
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Genus: Ficus
Subgenus: F. subg. Urostigma
Species:
F. elastica
Binomial name
Ficus elastica
Roxb. ex Hornem.
– not Roxb. 1832, nor Roxb. 1814 (the latter not validly published)
Synonyms
List
  • Stilpnophyllum elasticum (Roxb. ex Hornem.) Drury
  • Urostigma elasticum (Roxb. ex Hornem.) Miq.
  • Visiania elastica (Roxb. ex Hornem.) Gasp.
  • Macrophthalma elastica (Roxb. ex Hornem.) Gasp.
  • Ficus karet (Miq.) King
  • Ficus skytinodermis Summerh.
  • Ficus taeda Kunth & C.D.Bouché
  • Urostigma circumscissum Miq.
  • Urostigma karet Miq.
  • Urostigma odoratum Miq.

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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