Rubber plant
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Rubber plant may mean:
- Para rubber treePara rubber treeHevea brasiliensis, the Pará rubber tree, often simply called rubber tree, is a tree belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae, and the most economically important member of the genus Hevea...
- a major commercial source of natural rubber - Castilla elasticaCastilla (plant)Castilla is a tree genus belonging to the family Moraceae found native in Central America. It is named after Juan Diego del Castillo Castilla (sometimes incorrectly spelled Castilloa) is a tree genus belonging to the family Moraceae found native in Central America. It is named after Juan Diego...
- a source of rubber for the ancient Maya people - Ficus elasticaFicus elasticaFicus elastica, also called 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 and southern Indonesia....
- common ornamental plant