Book of Mediterranean Trees, Shrubs and Climbers

Index

Ficus elastica  Indian Rubber Tree
Family Moraceae
Genus Ficus  [FI-kus]  the L. name for a Fig tree and one common in many European languages. Believed to be derived from the Hebrew name fag
Species elastica   
Properties tree
Ficus elastica, 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, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, China (Yunnan), Malaysia, and Indonesia. It has become naturalized in Sri Lanka, the West Indies, and the US State of Florida.
Links: Wikipedia   dbpedia   Wikimedia Commons   Bristol Trees  PFAF  Search   Distribution  
Edit from Category  Edit from Search
leaves
trunk
tree