Ficus elastica
Indian rubber fig; Rubber plant
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | ||
| Deutsch | Gummibaum | |
| English | Indian rubber fig; Rubber plant | |
| Français | Gummibaum | |
| Italiano | Gummibaum | |
| Suomi | Gummibaum | |
| Norsk | Gummibaum | |
| Čeština | Gummibaum | |
| Español | Gummibaum | |
| Svenska | Gummibaum | |
| Polski | Gummibaum | |
| Український | Gummibaum | |
| Român | Gummibaum | |
| Русский | Gummibaum | |
| Български | Gummibaum | |
| EESTI | Gummibaum | |
| 日本語 | Gummibaum | |
| Other names |
Origin
| States and Territories | Palau [I] (Koror [I]); Sumatra; Andaman Isl. [I]; Dominican Republic [I]; Jamaica [I]; Guinea [I]; Ecuador [I]; USA [I] (Florida [I]); Guadeloupe [I]; Laos; Myanmar (Bago, Mandalay); Java; New Caledonia [I]; Mauritius [I]; Guyana [I]; São Tomé [I]; Honduras [I]; peninsular Malaysia (north Malaya, cultivated elsewhere); China (Yunnan); Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives] [I]; New Guinea [I]; Cook Isl. [I] (Rarotonga [I]); Barbados [I]; Trinidad [I]; Cambodia; Philippines [c]; La Réunion [I]; Anguilla [I]; St. Kitts [I]; Mozambique [I]; Fed. States of Micronesia [I] (Yap [I], Pohnpei [I]); Bolivia [I]; Singapore [I]; Grenada [I]; Ryukyu Isl. [I]; Viet Nam; Peru [I]; Society Isl. [I] (Raiatea [I]); Fiji [I]; Mexico [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; NE-India (incl. Sikkim); Taiwan [I]; Pakistan [I]; Montserrat [I]; Nicaragua [I]; Korea [I]; Colombia [I]; Bangladesh; Madeira [I]; Marshall Isl. [I] (Ailinglapalap [I], Jaluit [I]); Benin [I]; Sri Lanka [I]; Belize [I]; Costa Rica [I]; Pitcairn Isl. [I]; St. Lucia [I]; Japan [I]; El Salvador [I]; Panama [I]; Bhutan; Guatemala [I]; Bonin Isl. [I] (Chichijima [I], Hahajima [I]); Haiti [I]; Austral Isl. [I] (Tubuai [I]); Cameroon [I]; Guam [I]; Thailand [c]; Virgin Isl. [I] (St. Croix [I]) | |||
| [I] = Introduced | ||||
| [c] = Commercially cultivated | ||||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Rosales | |||
| Family | Moraceae | |||
| Genus | Ficus | |||
| Species | elastica | |||
| Author citation | Roxb. | |||
| Scientific name | Ficus elastica Roxb. | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
Natural durability
(according to EN 350)
| Mushrooms field | DC | |||
Appearances
Bark
, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson
Leaves
, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson
, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson