India Rubber - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 43253 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 153.05 MORACEAE Ficus elastica | Entry Book Number | 77.1900 | |
| Artefact Name | India Rubber | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | India | TDWG Region | India | ||
| Parts Held | India Rubber | Geography Description | Bengal, Teesta Valley | ||
| Uses | India RubberUse: MATERIALS - Latex/Rubber User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Latex/Rubber | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Paris Exhibition 1900 | Donor No | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Yielded by F elastica, a beautiful tree, with shining oval or oblong leaves, frequently met with in ornamental parlour culture in England. The milk, flowing from a wound in the trunk, affords about 1/3 of its weight of caoutchouc. The inci, sions made in order to obtain it are cut across the bark to the wood, about a foot from each other, all over the stem. It is collected in India, especially in Malabar & c. | ||||