Cimaiyal (Tamil: சீமையால்)

Moraceae (mulberry family) » Ficus elastica

 

FY-kus or FIK-us -- from the Latin for fig

ee-LASS-tih-kuh -- meaning, stretchable, rubbery, referring to latex sap

 

commonly known as: Assam rubber tree, caoutchoue tree, Indian rubber tree, karet tree, ornamental rubber tree, rambong, rubber fig, rubber plant, rubber tree • Assamese: অথা বৰ athabor • Kannada: ರಬ್ಬರ್ ಮರ rabbar mara • Khasi: diengjri • Konkani: रबराचो वड rabracho vad • Malayalam: ഇന്ത്യന് റബ്ബര് inthyan rabbar • Tamil: சீமையால் cimaiyal • Telugu: రబ్బరు rabbara, సాగుబంక segubanka

 

Native to: Indian subcontinent, Myanmar, Malesia; widely cultivated

 

 

References: Flowers of India • TopTropicals • Dave's Garden • M.M.P.N.D. • DDSA

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