Moraceae
Rubber plant
Ficus elastica
- Family
- Moraceae
- Genus
- Ficus
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Common names
By language (48)
- Afrikaans
- Rubberplant
- Arabic
- تين مرن
- arz
- تين مرن
- Bangla
- ভারতীয় রাবার
- Basque
- Kautxu-landare
- Bulgarian
- Еластичен фикус, Жилав фикус
- Cantonese
- 印度榕, 印度橡樹, 印度橡膠榕
- Chinese
- 印度榕, 印度橡膠樹, 印度橡皮树, 印度胶树, 橡皮树, 印度橡樹
- Croatian
- Gumijevac
- Czech
- Fíkovník pryžodárný
- Danish
- Gummi-Figen
- Dutch
- Indische rubberboom
- English
- Rubber plant, Indian rubberplant, Rubber bush, India-rubber tree, Indian rubber bush, Indian rubber tree, Rubber fig, Rubber tree
- Estonian
- Kummi-viigipuu, Kummipuu
- Finnish
- Kumiviikuna, Huonekumipuu
- French
- Arbre à caoutchouc, Arbre du caoutchouc, Arbre à la gomme, Figuier caoutchouc, Figuier élastique, Gommier
- frr
- Gumebuum
- Galician
- Figueira do caucho, Gomeiro, Árbore da goma, Árbore do caucho
- German
- Gummibaum
- Hebrew
- פיקוס הגומי
- Hindi
- रबर वृक्ष
- hsb
- Gumijowc
- Hungarian
- Szobafikusz
- Indonesian
- Karet kebo
- Italian
- Albero della gomma, Fico del caucciù
- Japanese
- インドゴムノキ
- Javanese
- Karèt kebo
- Korean
- 인도고무나무
- lah
- ربڑ بوٹا
- Latvian
- Kaučuka gumijkoks
- Lithuanian
- Stambialapis fikusas
- Malayalam
- ശീമയാൽ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Gummifikentre, Gummifiken, Gummiplante
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Gummiplante
- Persian
- فیکوس
- Polish
- Figowiec sprężysty
- Portuguese
- Árvore-da-borracha, Borracheira, Falsa-seringueira, Figueira-branca, Cautchu, Árvore da borracha
- Russian
- Фикус каучуконосный, Резиновое дерево, Фикус эластичный
- Slovak
- Figovník kaučukový
- Slovenian
- Navadni fikus, Navadni smokvovec
- Spanish
- Arbol de la goma, Arbol del caucho, Gomero, Higuera cauchera, Higuera del caucho, Árbol de la goma, Árbol del caucho
- Sundanese
- Karét munding
- Swedish
- Fönsterfikus
- Tamil
- சீமை ஆல், சீமை ஆலமரம்
- Turkish
- Kauçuk ağacı, Kauçukağacı
- Ukrainian
- Фікус каучуконосний
- Vietnamese
- Đa búp đỏ
- Wolof
- Këwsu
Synonyms
- Ficus clusiifolia Summerh.
- Ficus cordata Hort.Berol. ex Kunth & C.D.Bouché
- Ficus elastica var. belgica L.H.Bailey & E.Z.Bailey
- Ficus elastica var. benghalensis Blume
- Ficus elastica var. decora Guillaumin
- Ficus elastica var. karet (Miq.) Miq.
- Ficus elastica var. minor Miq.
- Ficus elastica var. odorata (Miq.) Miq.
- Ficus elastica var. rubra L.H.Bailey & E.Z.Bailey
- Ficus skytinodermis Summerh.
- Ficus taeda Hort.Berol. ex Kunth & C.D.Bouché
- Macrophthalma elastica (Roxb. ex Hornem.) Gasp.
- Stilpnophyllum elasticum (Roxb. ex Hornem.) Drury
- Urostigma circumscissum Miq.
- Urostigma elasticum Miq.
- Urostigma karet Miq.
- Urostigma odoratum Miq.
- Visiania elastica Gasp.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: VuThiAnh, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yoav Daniel Bar-Ness, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: IsakMarija, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Edithović, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Subhadra Devi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Brigitte Levaray, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Yoav Daniel Bar-Ness, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gaya Mercè, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Yoav Daniel Bar-Ness, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0); common names from SimplePlant editors (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.