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Rubber Tree
Rubber Tree
Hevea brasiliensis
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Up to 100 yrs
Size
Huge
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Tropical rainforest
Range
South America
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Uncommon

About

The rubber tree is an Amazonian giant whose bark, when scored in a spiral cut, weeps a milky latex that supplies roughly 99% of the world's natural rubber. A single mature tree can yield up to 13 kg of dried rubber per year.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Euphorbiaceae
Genus
Hevea
Species
Hevea brasiliensis