India Rubber Fig Plant

The rubber plant is a member of the fig family and is native to india.

India rubber fig plant. Allow to dry out between watering and avoid overwatering. Rubber trees do not require much light but flourish in bright indirect light. Rubber plant rubber tree rubber bush rubber fig india rubber tree. An indoor rubber plant can be grown with very little.

With its glossy leathery leaves and upright form it s a striking addition to almost any room in your house. This is especially true when it comes to fluctuations in temperature or air flow. Able to adapt to and endure lower light conditions and generally poor treatment the rubber tree is a winner indoors. Toxic to cats and dogs.

Elastica a large tree that was formerly an important source of rubber is now cultivated as an indoor potted plant. Bright but indirect light. As a houseplant ficus is very popular. But indoors a rubber tree typically tops out at 6 to 10 feet tall.

Rubber trees formally ficus elastica can be enjoyed as either medium sized house plants or grown to become focal point beautiful indoor trees if you re patient enough to grow your own plants that start out younger when you buy them adapt better to indoor living than starting with a more mature plant. The rubber plant is also known as ficus elastica and rubber tree. Ficus elastica is the classic rubber tree rubber plant or india rubber plant. I ve found that both of these plants do best in higher light conditions and are.

Planting potting your rubber plant. Decora robusta burgundy black prince and variegated varieties. It can grow up to 130 feet tall in the wild but will typically only grow to 5 or 6 feet as an indoor planter. Native to india and malaysia elastica is among the oldest plants used as houseplants worldwide.

Rubber trees are finicky when it comes to change so be sure to pick a spot to place it and don t move it. Lyrata the weeping fig f. Rubber plant or tree rubber bush common. It produces shiny oval shaped leaves and inedible fruit in the form of a fig.

The ficus benjamina or weeping fig drops leaves like it s fall every day. Toxic to dogs and cats. If you re new to plant parenting a rubber tree is the plant for you. The fiddle leaf fig f.

India nepal myanmar china malaysia others. Ficus elastica the rubber fig rubber bush rubber tree rubber plant or indian rubber bush indian rubber tree is a species of plant in the fig genus native to eastern parts of south asia and southeast asia it has become naturalized in sri lanka the west indies and the us state of florida. The india rubber plant f. In its native jungle habitat in india and malaysia the plant can grow up to 100 feet tall.