Ficus elastica Roxb.ex Hornem

Type
Exotic
Family
Moraceae
Common Name
Indian rubber tree
Origin
N. E. India to Malesia
Botanical Features

Evergreen, glabrous, spreading branches without prop roots. Bark greyish or reddish brown, young twigs finely puberulous. Leaves with 2.5-6 (-8) cm long petiole; lamina thick, glossy above, oblong or elliptic, base cuneate, margins entire, apex obtuse with c. 8-10 mm long acumen. Lateral nerves almost parallel, 20-30(-40) pairs, hardly raised beneath, figs ovoid-oblong, 10-12 mm long, 6-8 mm across, pale to yellowish brown.

Habit
Leaf