Hevea brasiliensis, the Pará rubber tree, sharinga tree, seringueira, or most commonly, rubber tree or rubber plant, is a flowering plant belonging to the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, originally native to the Amazon basin, but is now pantropical in distribution due to introductions.

The rubber tree starts bearing fruit at four years of age. Each fruit contains three or four seeds, which fall to the ground when the fruit ripens and splits. Each tree yields about 800 seeds (1.3 kg) twice a year.

About four seeds are borne in a dehiscent fruit which, on drying, disperses the seeds by an explosive mechanism. The Nigerian Rubber Research Institute estimates that seed yield from rubber plantations varies from 100 to 150 kg/ha, depending on soil fertility and crop density.

The fruit is an exploding 3-lobed, 3-seeded ellipsoidal capsule. Fruits burst open when ripe and the seeds are scattered up to 15 m from tree . Seeds are variable in size, 2.5-3 cm long, mottled brown, lustrous.

Fruit is a woody capsule with 3-lobed, and about 5 cm diameter. When it dries, it explodes with a loud sound resembling the sound of a gun-shot, "firing" the 3 seeds away from the parent plant. Seed is about 2.5 cm wide and has a beautiful marbled appearance.

May 1, 2023 · Hevea brasiliensis, a rubber tree or rubber plant, is a flowering plant of the Euphorbiaceous family Spurge. Traditionally Hevea brasiliensis used as an anti-inflammatory, analgesic, treatment...

Rubber (hevea brasiliensis) tree starts to bear fruits at four years of age. Each fruit contain three or four seeds, which fall to the ground when the fruit ripens and splits. Each tree yields about 800 seeds (1.3 kg) twice a year.

Rubber seed is an ovoid-shaped and light-weighted substance that weighs approximately three to six grams, depending on age of the seed and moisture content (Shafiq and Ismail 2021). A fresh rubber seed is constituted of 35% shell, 40% kernel, and 25% moisture (Onoji et al. 2016).

Nov 20, 2019 · H. brasiliensis (the rubber tree) is a large, deciduous tree indigenous to South America and now grown in most parts of the lowland, humid tropics. It is well-known for the latex collected by tapping the bark and which is then made into natural rubber.

Known as the most important rubber-producing tree worldwide, Hevea brasiliensis or commonly known as para rubber tree, is a deciduous tree growing up to 20 m in height with smooth and gray bark, dark green leaves, pale yellow flowers, and large capsule fruits.