The familiar rubber tree is another fig, but one that is not at all graceful when grown as a houseplant. The leaves usually are spaced far apart along the stems, and are large, leathery and stiff.

And in this rainy, wet climate, the rubber fig tree grows with abandon. The tree has a secondary root system that grows up above the ground floor and lets the tree easily grow on top of boulders ...

When monsoon downpours periodically isolated the remote villages of Syiemlieh's ancestors from nearby towns, they trained living aerial roots of Indian rubber fig tree (Ficus elastica) to form a ...

Or should I remove it and keep it in pots? Thank you. – David Guay The tree is most likely a Ficus elastica or rubber fig, based on the broad, glossy leaves and reddish-purple hue of the new growth.

Its common name of “rubber plant” or “rubber fig” comes from the milky white, sticky latex it contains. The species aside, various cultivated forms are available, including the smartly ...

Meghalaya root bridges in UNESCO’s tentative list of World Heritage Sites As is the traditional practice, he used the roots of the rubber fig (Ficus elastica), learning the techniques to mould ...