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Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Moraceae (クワ科) > Ficus elastica
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 heightDistribution: 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) |
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[1-3] in the glasshouse of Kyoto Botanical Gardens, western Japan, on September 17 2022 (bark, 樹皮).