2006-10-05 09:03:56 · 5 answers · asked by pega169 5 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
There are two answers here. The tree used to produce rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) produces latex that was used to manufacture rubber products (tires etc.). There is also a commonly cultivated species of fig (Ficus elastica) that is known as a "Rubber Tree". All Ficus species produce a sticky, milky-white latex and so they came to be called rubber trees, also, even though they are not used to produce a commercial product.
They are unrelated plants: Hevea is Euphorbiaceae (poinsettia family ... commonly has latex), Ficus is Moraceae. Other plants have latex also: Frangipani (Apocynaceae) is a good example.
2006-10-05 22:35:29 · answer #1 · answered by myrtguy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The milky latex which oozes out of the tree plays a very vital role in the manufacture of Rubber.
Hence it is called a Rubber Tree.
2006-10-05 09:12:25 · answer #2 · answered by rouhi a 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
natural rubber is made out of the sap. don't know what tree they use to make synthetic rubber though.
2006-10-05 09:12:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a gas pump is not made out of gas but it does Produce gas!! the trees sap is used to produce rubber,,,
2006-10-05 15:27:50 · answer #4 · answered by fuzzykjun 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you cut a gash in the bark the sap which is white it sticky...and it is this substance that rubber is made from...not the other way around as you have said in your question.
2006-10-05 09:07:26 · answer #5 · answered by Cheryl E 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋