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   Rubber belongs to the category Polymers
   and originated in The Americas

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RUBBER

Hevea brasiliensis (Willd. ex A. Juss.) Müll. Arg. (Euphorbiaceae).

Originally named as a species of Siphonia by the French botanist Antoine de Jussieu in 1824, it was placed in the genus Hevea by Johannes Müller (Argoviensis) of Aargau, Switzerland.

Native to the upper Amazon basin in South America.

Life form: tropical forest tree from lowland rainforest.

Parts used: sap tapped and used to produce rubber.

Ploidy level: diploid.

  

Illustration from the Plate Collection of the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. (Hevea brasilensis (Willd. ex A. Juss.) Müll. Arg. - Rubber Tree)