The rubber plant at a glance: Botanical name: Ficus elastica. Other names: Rubber plant, rubber tree, rubber fig, Indian rubber tree, Indian rubber bush. Popular varieties: Robusta, Tineke, Tricolour, ...

Rubber tree plants, or Ficus elastica, are attractive and low-maintenance options for indoor plant lovers. I love the tree’s vibrant and leathery leaves add a bold pop to my indoor space, and it ...

— Jeff J. A: Your plant, which has the botanical name Ficus elastica, has several common names, including rubber tree, Indian rubber plant and rubber fig.

In mountainous northeast India, the sinewy bridges that span the region’s rivers and streams are natural—and man-made—wonders. They’re fashioned from the pliable, strong roots of Ficus ...

In order to cross these rivers, the indigenous Khasi and Jaintia peoples have long built their bridges out of the living aerial roots of the Indian Rubber Tree, Ficus elastica.

Living bridges using aerial roots of ficus elastica – an interdisciplinary perspective. Scientific Reports, 2019; 9 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-48652-w ...

They’re all constructed – or cultivated – from the aerial roots of the same kind of tree: Ficus elastica, or the Indian rubber tree.

Floods could cut off villages during the monsoon season, but the indigenous Khasi people use the roots of the rubber tree (Ficus elastic) to create so-called "living bridges" to allow crossings ...

Ficus elastica, the rubber fig, rubber bush, rubber tree, rubber plant or Indian rubber bush, Indian rubber tree is a species of plant in the fig genus. (Howard Garrett / Special Contributor) If ...

Belize rubber tree was discovered as a naturally occurring mutation of Ficus elastica ‘Tineke.’ This tree has 4-inch-by-7-inch thick rubbery leaves variegated with red, purple, green and white.

Rubber trees are back. After years and years of virtual absence from the list of potted plant possibilities, they have started appearing in shopping malls and office buildings again. Perhaps it ...