The Rubber Tree Plant

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The rubber tree plant.

Many people put their rubber trees near a window where the light is filtered through a pair of sheer curtains. But indoors a rubber tree typically tops out at 6 to 10 feet tall. And a large area of bark. If you re new to plant parenting a rubber tree is the plant for you.

Rubber trees formally ficus elastica can be enjoyed as either medium sized house plants or grown to become focal point beautiful indoor trees if you re patient enough to grow your own plants that start out younger when you buy them adapt better to indoor living than starting with a more mature plant. Rubber trees do not require much light but flourish in bright indirect light. When learning how to care for a rubber tree plant there are a few key things to remember but rubber plant care isn t as difficult as one might think. Cultivated on plantations in the tropics and subtropics especially in southeast asia and western africa it replaced the rubber plant in the early 20th century as the chief source of natural rubber it has soft wood.

In its native jungle habitat in india and malaysia the plant can grow up to 100 feet tall. If the plant gets less light while leaves are growing the leaves will actually be larger. Rubber tree hevea brasiliensis south american tropical tree of the spurge family euphorbiaceae.