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Taxon:
Ficus elastica
Roxb. ex Hornem.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Ficus
Section:
Conosycea
Family:
Moraceae
Tribe:
Ficeae
Nomen number:
70291
Place of publication:
Suppl. hort. bot. hafn. 7. 1819 (W. Roxburgh, Hort. bengal. 65. 1814, nom. nud.)
Comment:
place of publication verified from original literature
Verified:
01/15/2009
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ficus decora
hort.
No images
Reference(s)
Abbiw, D. K.
1990. Useful plants of Ghana Intermediate Technology Publications & Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Barrie, F. R.
2011. Report of the General Committee: 11. Taxon 60:1212.
URL:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
Note:
"
Ficus elastica
Roxb." ruled as not validly published
Boer, E. & A. B. Ella, eds.
2000. Plants producing exudates. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 18:69.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Note:
lists as
Ficus elastica
Roxb.
Brummitt, R. K.
2010. Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Vascular Plants: 61. Taxon 59:1271-1276.
URL:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
Note:
"
Ficus elastica
Roxb." ruled as not validly published
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds.
1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
Erhardt, W. et al.
2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Ficus+elastica&quantity=1
Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long.
1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Hanelt, P., ed.
2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
URL:
http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
Hara, H. et al.
1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
Howard, R.
1988. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 4:61.
Krüssmann, G.
1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of
Handbuch der Laubgehölze
. 1976)
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed.
1948-. Flora malesiana.
Terrell, E. E. et al.
1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
Uphof, J. C. T.
1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
URL:
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Note:
lists as
Ficus elastica
Roxb.
Common names
English
India rubber fig –
Reference(s)
Indian rubbertree –
Reference(s)
karet-tree –
Reference(s)
rubberplant –
Reference(s)
French
arbre à caoutchouc –
Reference(s)
figuier élastique –
Reference(s)
German
Gummibaum –
Reference(s)
India (Hindi)
atta bor –
Reference(s)
Portuguese (Brazil)
figueira-indiana –
Reference(s)
seringueira –
Reference(s)
seringueira-de-jardim –
Reference(s)
Spanish
cauchú comun –
Reference(s)
higuiera cauchera –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Chinese
yin du rong –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Bhutan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
n.e.
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Nepal
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Myanmar
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
Jawa
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
Sumatera
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Malaysia
Malaya
2
Cultivated
widely cult.
Native
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan
,
India
(n.e.),
Nepal
INDO-CHINA:
Myanmar
MALESIA:
Indonesia
[Jawa, Sumatera],
Malaysia
(Malaya)
Cultivated
(widely cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
Krüssmann, G.
1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of
Handbuch der Laubgehölze
. 1976)
Environmental
ornamental
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Environmental
ornamental
Boer, E. & A. B. Ella, eds.
2000. Plants producing exudates. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 18:69.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Note:
lists as
Ficus elastica
Roxb.
Invertebrate food
lac insects
in India
Hanelt, P., ed.
2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
URL:
http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
Materials
latex/rubber
Boer, E. & A. B. Ella, eds.
2000. Plants producing exudates. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 18:69.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Note:
lists as
Ficus elastica
Roxb.
Materials
latex/rubber
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
URL:
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Note:
lists as
Ficus elastica
Roxb.
Materials
latex/rubber
formerly important source of Assam or Indian rubber
Uphof, J. C. T.
1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Name
References