Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Euphorbiaceae | Genus: Hevea | Species: Hevea brasiliensis (Willd. ex A. Juss.) Mull. Arg. |
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Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Hevea camargoana, Hevea granthamii | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Rubber tree, Hevea, Natural rubber, Para rubber | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Rubber | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | - | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Up to an 500 m | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | fruit a 3-lobed, 3-seeded ellipsoidal each carpel with 1 seed; seeds ellipsoidal, variable in size, 2.5–3 cm long, mottled brown, lustrous, weighing 2–4 g each |
| Habitat | Occurs in forest edges and gaps | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Native to the Amazon region; Brazil, Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia and exotic to India | Bark Details | Grayish and latex vessels in the bark |
| Distribution in manipur | Origin | Exotic | |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Tree up to 40 m tall, with girth 2.6–3.3 m; stems smooth and straight; trunk unbranched up a long way and then with much-branched leafy canopy; bark grayish; taproot well-developed | Leaf Details | leaves alternate, trifoliolate, stipulate, petioles 7.5–10(-70) cm long; leaflets obovate, apically acuminate, entire, basally acute, penninerved, 10–15(-50) cm long, 3–6(-15) cm broad |
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