Para rubber tree

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Rubber Tree
Hevea brasiliensis
Hevea brasiliensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Crotonoideae
Tribe: Micrandreae
Subtribe: Heveinae
Species: H. brasiliensis
Binomial name
Hevea brasiliensis
Muell. Arg.
Latex being collected from a wounded rubber tree
Latex being collected from a wounded rubber tree

A Para rubber tree (also known as a rubber tree) is a tree. It grows in tropical areas. We can obtain rubber from it. It originated in the Amazon, but got widely spread and can now be found in South America, or Brazil more specifficaly.