Hevea brasiliensis
Para Rubber, Para Rubber Tree
Other regional names: Rubber Plant +2 more
- Rubber Plant
- Rubber Tree
- Sharinga Tree
Also known as: Hevea brasiliensis f. acreana (Ule) Ducke +16 more
- Hevea brasiliensis f. acreana (Ule) Ducke
- Hevea brasiliensis f. angustifolia (Ule ex Huber) Ule
- Hevea brasiliensis f. latifolia (Ule ex Huber) Ule
- Hevea brasiliensis f. randiana (Huber) Ducke
- Hevea brasiliensis subsp. granthamii Barth
- Hevea brasiliensis var. acreana Ule
- Hevea brasiliensis var. angustifolia Ule ex Huber
- Hevea brasiliensis var. janeirensis (Müll.Arg.) Pax
- Hevea brasiliensis var. latifolia Ule ex Huber
- Hevea brasiliensis var. randiana (Huber) Pax
- Hevea brasiliensis var. stylosa Huber
- Hevea granthamii Bartlett
- Hevea janeirensis Müll.Arg.
- Hevea randiana Huber
- Hevea sieberi Warb.
- Siphonia brasiliensis Willd. ex A.Juss.
- Siphonia janeirensis (Müll.Arg.) O.F.Cook
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Euphorbiaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a tree.
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Hevea brasiliensis (commonly known as Para rubber or Para Rubber Tree) is a tree belonging to the Euphorbiaceae family. Naturally occurring in South America, this species is primarily associated with wet tropical conditions.
Macro Climate
Tropical
Plant Type
Tree
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
SOUTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Brazil, Northern South America, Western South America
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil South, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, French Guiana, Peru, Venezuela
Introduced Range
An “Introduced” distribution indicates that the plant is recorded outside its native range in that region as a result of deliberate or accidental human introduction. Introduced records may include casual, naturalized or invasive populations, but do not include plants that are only cultivated or planted without self-sustaining populations.
Botanical Countries (Non-Native)
Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Central African Republic, China South-Central, China Southeast, Costa Rica, Fiji, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Marianas, Mexico Southwest, Nicobar Is., Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Zaïre