Ficus elastica Roxb. ex Hornem.

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Photo: Bart Wursten
La Rochelle

Photo: Mark Hyde
34, Kent Road, Highlands, Harare

Synonyms:
Common names:	India rubber tree (English) Rubber plant (English)
Description:	Large evergreen tree to 25 m. Trunk buttressed and with spreading surface roots. Leaves: petiole up to 9 cm long; lamina large, 11-30 × 5-15 cm, ovate, thickly-textured, almost plastic-like, shiny green above, paler matt green beneath, glabrous; apex acuminate. Fruit 10-15 mm long × 8-10 mm in diameter, sessile, elongated, almost cylindric, borne on a pronounced ‘pedestal’.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	elastica: after the rubber produced from the milky sap of this species.
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution:	Indonesia, the Malayan Peninsula, Burma, India and the Eastern Himalayas.
Growth form(s):	Tree.
Insects associated with this species:
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2003). Figs of Southern and South-Central Africa Umdaus Press, South Africa Pages 263 - 265. (Includes a picture). Parker, T. (2023). Common Trees of Mozambique The Tree Press, Austin, Texas, USA Pages 278 - 279. (Includes a picture).

Flora of Burundi: Ficus elastica
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Ficus elastica

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