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
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.