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Ficus elastica Roxb. ex Hornem.






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Ficus L. (イチジク)
Indogomunoki (インドゴムノキ, 印度護謨ノ木), rubber fig, rubber bush, rubber tree, rubber plant, Indian rubber bush or Indian rubber tree Lifeform: evergreen tree with 30-40 m in height
Distribution: eastern parts of southern and Southeastern Asia
Habitat: tropical rainforests, woodlands and shrublands
Root: develping aerial roots
Use: ornamental (not commonly used for natural rubber)
Cultivars
cv. decora (マルバインドゴムノキ)
cv. variegata (フイリインドゴムノキ)
Others: cv. apollo (アポロ), asahi (アサヒ), berries (ベリーズ), decora tricolor (デコラトリコロール), decora variegata (デコラバリエガータ)
索引

Ficus elastica grown in Hokkaido


cv. berries

ST1 ST2 ST3
[1-3] in the glasshouse of Kyoto Botanical Gardens, western Japan, on September 17 2022 (bark, 樹皮).

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