Kingdom Plantae Family Euphorbiaceae Tribe Micrandreae Scientific name Hevea Rank Genus | Order Malpighiales Subfamily Crotonoideae Subtribe Heveinae Higher classification Micrandreae | |
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Similar Pará rubber tree, Euphorbiaceae, Parthenium argentatum, Theobroma, Microcyclus ulei | ||
Hevea brasiliensis natural rubber rubber trees seeds pods rubber trees fruit like pods
Hevea is a genus of flowering plants in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. It is also one of many names used commercially for the wood of the most economically important rubber tree, H. brasiliensis.
Hevea was first described as a genus in 1775. It is native to tropical South America but widely cultivated in other tropical countries and naturalized in several of them.
- Hevea benthamiana Müll.Arg. - Venezuela, SE Colombia, N Brazil
- Hevea brasiliensis (Willd. ex A.Juss.) Müll.Arg. – Pará Rubber Tree - Brazil, French Guiana, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia; naturalized in parts of Asia and Africa and on some tropical islands
- Hevea camporum Ducke - Amazonas State in Brazil
- Hevea guianensis Aubl. - Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Colombia, N Brazil
- Hevea microphylla Ule - Venezuela, Colombia, N Brazil
- Hevea nitida Mart. ex Müll.Arg. - Colombia, Amazonas State in Brazil
- Hevea pauciflora (Spruce ex Benth.) Müll.Arg. - Venezuela, Peru, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Colombia, N Brazil
- Hevea rigidifolia (Spruce ex Benth.) Müll.Arg. - Vaupés region of Colombia, Amazonas State in Brazil
- Hevea spruceana (Benth.) Müll.Arg. - Guyana, Amazonas State in Brazil
References
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