Common name
English: Pará rubber tree
German: Kautschukbaum
Mandarin: 橡胶树 (xiang jiao shu)
Portuguese: Seringueira
English: Pará rubber tree
German: Kautschukbaum
Mandarin: 橡胶树 (xiang jiao shu)
Portuguese: Seringueira
Kingdom: Plantae (2592)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2489)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2104)
Order: Malpighiales (98)
Family: Euphorbiaceae (77)(family description)
Genus: Hevea (1)
Epithet: brasiliensis (Willd. ex Adr. Juss.) Muell. Arg. (2)
Synonyms: Siphonia brasiliensis Willd. ex Adr. Juss., Siphonia ridleyana O.F.Cook
brasiliensis => of Brazilian origin
ridleyana => in honor of Henry Nicholas Ridley (1855-1956), English botanist and geologist
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: tree
Check for Hevea brasiliensis at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNILiterature