Extreme weather, including torrential monsoon downpours and a powerful typhoon, reduced rubber production levels in Asia and ...

Learn about the rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis), its natural habitat, ecological role, and benefits. Discover its ...

This dark, leafy green beauty will thrive in your home with these pro tips. Rubber trees, or Ficus elastica, are a pretty ubiquitous houseplant nowadays, alongside fiddle leaf figs and monsteras.

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Most of its 10,000 inhabitants worked for a giant French rubber plantation, the Societe des Caoutchoucs d’Extreme-Orient, whose trees marched away row upon row, mile after mile, across the low ...

ONE of the first rubber trees planted in Malaysia is now over a century old. It continues to thrive in the heart of Seremban, ...

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Ruins of cities keep turning up in the forests of central America. How have these structures stayed standing for millennia?

Rubber tree plants (Ficus elastica) are reasonably easy-to-grow at home, but getting their watering schedules right is vital to ensure they thrive. In my experience, nothing kills a rubber tree plant ...

KUALA KANGSAR: The first rubber tree planted in Malaysia, estimated to be over 140 years old, is now said to be worth almost RM200,000. Kuala Kangsar Municipal Council (MPKK) secretary Saiful Azli ...

Hiratsuka, Japan – Yokohama Rubber Co. (YRC) has joined a research project to develop a new biomass business model to make use of discarded rubber tree seeds.