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Hevea braziliensis
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Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
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Citation: Hevea braziliensis (Willd. ex A. Juss.) Muell.-Arg., Linnaea 34: 204. 1865-66; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1346(942). 1925; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 259. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 375. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 339. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 428. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 717. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 440. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 330. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 296. 1997; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 416. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 623. 1997; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 459. 2005; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 231. 2007; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 637. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 756. 2009.
Siphonia braziliensis Willd. ex A. Juss., Euphorb. Gen. 113. t. 12. f. 38B. 1824.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Rubber
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Rubber
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Description:
Trees, to 25 m high, bark grey; latex milky. Leaves digitately trifoliate, alternate, estipulate; rachis 3-10.5 cm long, slender, glabrous, swollen at base, a gland at the top; petiolule 5-7 mm long, whorled, slender, glabrous; lamina 5.5-14 x 3-6 cm, elliptic, elliptic-ovate or obovate, base acute, apex acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, glaucous beneath, coriaceous; lateral nerves 13-20 pairs, pinnate, prominent, intercostae scalariform. Flowers unisexual, yellowish-white, in terminal panicled racemes in which the central flowers are female and the males; tepals yellowish-white; disc of 5 free or united glands; stamens 5-10 in 2 whorls; filaments united into a column extending beyond the anthers; ovary superior, 3-celled, ovules 3; stigma sessile. Fruit a capsule, 3-4 x 3-3.5 cm, 3-lobed, woody, dehiscent; seeds 3, yellowish-brown, mottled.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-June
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Cultivated
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Distribution:
Native of Brazil; introduced in the tropics elsewhere
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White, Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Peechi
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