rubber plants

Glossy indoor trees

Rubber plants are tropical trees or shrubs grown for latex production or as ornamental houseplants.

The commercial rubber tree (*Hevea brasiliensis*) yields the milky sap used to make natural rubber.

The common houseplant called rubber plant (*Ficus elastica*) has large, glossy leaves and tolerates low light: The rubber plant in the corner needs watering.

Related

low maintenance · green thumb · bright indirect light · air purifying · latex · trees · evergreen · perennial · potting · sapling · tropical · botanical · foliage · flora · epiphytes · lianas · canopy trees · medicinal herbs

Categories
Opposites
water requirements

rubber plantssucculents

Moisture-retaining flora

cacti · drought-tolerant plants · xerophytes · aloe vera · sedums

leaf characteristics

rubber plantsferns

Spore-bearing vascular plants

asparagus ferns · mosses · African violets · lamb's ear · palms

growth habit and size

rubber plantspothos

Tropical trailing houseplant

string of hearts · creeping fig · ivy · moss · baby tears

Family

rubber, plant, plants, rubbers, rubbery, rubberize, rubberized, rubberizing, planted

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G