Hevea brasiliensis (Willd. ex Adr. Juss.) Muell. Arg.

English: Pará rubber tree

German: Kautschukbaum

Mandarin: 橡胶树 (xiang jiao shu)

Portuguese: Seringueira

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Malpighiales (100)

        Family: Euphorbiaceae (79)(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 IPNI

• [274] Hevea brasiliensis - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
• [1632] Hevea brasiliensis - Flora of China @ efloras.org

• [25] Schütt,P. et al. (2004): Bäume der Tropen. Nikol, Hamburg, Germany.