Ficus elastica
Overview
Ficus elastica, also called the rubber fig, rubber bush, rubber tree, rubber plant, or Indian rubber bush is a species of plant
in the fig
genus, native to northeast India and southern Indonesia.
It is a large tree in the banyan
group of figs, growing to 30–40 m (98.4–131.2 ) (rarely up to 60 metres (196.9 ft)) tall, with a stout trunk up to 2 metres (6.6 ft) diameter.
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
in the fig
Ficus
Ficus is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes, and hemiepiphyte in the family Moraceae. Collectively known as fig trees or figs, they are native throughout the tropics with a few species extending into the semi-warm temperate zone. The Common Fig Ficus is a genus of...
genus, native to northeast India and southern Indonesia.
It is a large tree in the banyan
Banyan
A banyan is a fig that starts its life as an epiphyte when its seeds germinate in the cracks and crevices on a host tree...
group of figs, growing to 30–40 m (98.4–131.2 ) (rarely up to 60 metres (196.9 ft)) tall, with a stout trunk up to 2 metres (6.6 ft) diameter.
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