Indian rubber tree
Ficus elastica
Tree
Whorled
Simple
No colour
Bluish-green
Variegated
Discoloured
Common names
Also known as:
Assam rubber, Rubberplant,
Family
Moraceae
Deciduous
No
Native/Exotic
Exotic
Origin
Indian sub-continent and south east Asia
Notifiable
No
Council declaration
Class R – Reduce populations
Known distribution
Native to the Indian Sub-continent (i.e. Bhutan, northern India and Nepal) and south-eastern Asia (i.e. Myanmar and Indonesia).
Habitat
This species is sparingly naturalised in the coastal districts of south-eastern and northern Queensland.
Impact and control methods
