Ficus elastica rubber making. Just as with "Hevea brasiliensis", the latex of "Ficus elastica" is an irritant to the eyes and skin and is toxic if taken internally. Ficus elastica 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. It is a large tree in the banyan group of figs, growing to (rarely up to ) tall, with
Ficus septica by fig wasps from the genus "Ceratosolen". Usually members of the genus "Ficus" are pollinated by a single species of pollinating fig wasps specific to each fig species, but recent observations of "Ficus septica" have shown there to be three pollinating species in the South of Taiwan and two in The Philippines. The figs of "Ficus septica" have been reported to be eaten by 22 animal species and among them 14 are bats: Ficus septica Ficus septica (called Hauli tree in the Philippines, 棱果榕 in China and Taiwan) is a shrub or tree of the family Moraceae living at low