Roxb. ex Hornem. 1819 – not Roxb. 1832, nor Roxb. 1814 (the latter not validly published)
Synonyms[1]
Ficus clusiifolia Summerh. 1929 not Schott 1827
Ficus cordata Kunth & C.D.Bouché 1846 not Thunb. 1786
Ficus elastica var. belgica L.H.Bailey & E.Z.Bailey
Ficus elastica var. benghalensis Blume
Ficus elastica var. decora Guillaumin
Ficus elastica var. karet (Miq.) Miq.
Ficus elastica var. minor Miq.
Ficus elastica var. odorata (Miq.) Miq.
Ficus elastica var. rubra L.H.Bailey & E.Z.Bailey
Ficus karet (Miq.) King
Ficus skytinodermis Summerh.
Ficus taeda Kunth & C.D.Bouché
Macrophthalma elastica (Roxb. ex Hornem.) Gasp.
Visiania elastica (Roxb. ex Hornem.) Gasp.
Ficus elastica, the rubber fig, rubber bush, rubber tree, rubber plant, or Indian rubber bush, Indian rubber tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Moraceae, native to eastern parts of South and Southeast Asia. It has become naturalized in Sri Lanka, the West Indies, and the US state of Florida.[2][3] Despite its common names, it is not used in the commercial production of natural rubber.
^"The Plant List". Archived from the original on 2019-07-02. Retrieved 2018-03-11.
^Zhengyi Wu, Zhe-Kun Zhou & Michael G. Gilbert. "Ficus elastica". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Archived from the original on 20 April 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
^"Flora of North America, Ficus elastica Roxburgh ex Hornemann, 1819. India rubber plant". Archived from the original on 2018-04-29. Retrieved 2015-08-19.
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Sterling and his papers to its Flickr stream. An Indian rubber tree (Ficuselastica cv. doescheri), which he planted at the opening of the University of...
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