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Ficus elastica
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34, Kent Road, Highlands, Harare
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| Common names: | India rubber tree (English) Rubber plant (English) |
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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’. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | elastica: after the rubber produced from the milky sap of this species. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Indonesia, the Malayan Peninsula, Burma, India and the Eastern Himalayas. |
| Growth form(s): | Tree. |
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| 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). |
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Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Ficus elasticaFlora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Ficus elastica
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Ficus elasticaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Ficus elastica
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Ficus elastica
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Ficus elastica
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Ficus elastica
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Ficus elastica
JSTOR Plant Science: Ficus elastica
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Ficus elastica
Plants of the World Online: Ficus elastica
Tropicos: Ficus elastica
Wikipedia: Ficus elastica
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