Hevea brasiliensis (A.Juss.) Müll.Arg.

Rubber Tree

Tree to 20 m high. Leaflets elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate, obovate or oblanceolate, 5.5-25 cm long, 2.5-10 cm wide; tips long-pointed; bases narrowed to wedgeshaped. Fruits roundish, about 40 mm long, 45 mm wide.

Brazil.

Source: Forster, P. (2002). Euphorbiaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

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Distribution map
kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Rosanae
order      Malpighiales
family       Euphorbiaceae
genus        Hevea Aubl.