Ficus elastica leaves the latex of the plant oozing, is coated with cuttings hormones and tightly wrapped with moist foam. The whole is covered with a plastic film and left a few months at the end of which new roots have developed from the axillary buds. The stem is then weaned and the new plant can be repotted. All parts of the plant contain an abundant milky white latex, which has been tested for use in the manufacture of rubber, but without economic and technical results; the rubber is actually produced from the sap of the rubber tree . In cultivation, it
Elastica (album) the "50 Best Alternative Albums of the 90s". In 2017, "Pitchfork" listed the album at number six in its list "The 50 Best Britpop Albums". Elastica (album) Elastica is the debut studio album by English alternative rock band Elastica. It was released on 14 March 1995 through Deceptive Records. The album was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. The album was well-received critically. In their retrospective review, AllMusic praised the album, writing "what makes "Elastica" such an intoxicating record is not only the way the 16 songs speed by in 40 minutes, but that they're nearly all classics" and that