
Ficus elastica 'Makana' is a cultivar of Ficus elastica Roxb. ex Hornem. Better known as the Rubber plant, this reliable houseplant is unswervingly popular! The large, deep green, leathery leaves are beautifully glossy, with paler undersides. Ficus elastica 'Makana' has an upright habit, forming a magnificent indoor tree over many years.
Genus name c. 1400, from Latin ficus "fig, fig tree" (see fig). With capital letter, as the name of a large genus of trees and shrubs, chosen by Linnaeus (1753).
Ficus elastica 'Makana'
Ficus elastica 'Makana'comes in a ⌀ 22 cm pot and is approximately 100 cm tall
- Name: Ficus elastica 'Makana' is a cultivar of Ficus elastica Roxb. ex Hornem. Common names (Ficus elastica Roxb. ex Hornem.) : Indian rubbertree, Rubberplant, Indian rubberplant, India rubber fig
Type: evergreen tree
Form: Phanerophyte
Family: Moraceae
Native Range ( Ficus elastica Roxb. ex Hornem.) : Nepal to China (W. Yunnan) and W. Malesia
Zone: 10-13
Habitat ( Ficus elastica Roxb. ex Hornem.): : grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
Height: up to 30m
Spread: to 20m
Sun: Part shade
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Low
Leaf: Evergreen
Tolerate: Semi Shade Taxon identifiers: ITIS TSN : 19085 Freebase ID : /m/05v154 NCBI taxonomy ID : 182112 Tropicos ID : 21302161 IPNI plant ID : 60458499-2 PlantList-ID : kew-2810307 Encyclopedia of Life ID : 594821 Flora of North America taxon ID : 200006353 Flora of China ID : 200006353 USDA PLANTS ID : FIEL GBIF taxon ID : 5361903 African Plant Database ID : 24216 New Zealand Organisms Register ID : ed01bb9a-bbcf-4f96-920d-d4b65779ad0b Catalogue of Life in Taiwan ID : 417724 EPPO Code : FIUEL iNaturalist taxon ID : 126507 Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID : plant/India-rubber-plant Ecocrop ID : 1075 Plants of the World online ID : urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60458499-2 IRMNG ID : 10203532 Invasive Species Compendium Datasheet ID : 24090 APNI ID : 159335 Plant Finder ID : 291685 PfaF ID : Ficus elastica EUNIS ID for species : 175250 Invasive Plant Atlas of the United States ID : 13851 Flowers of India ID : Rubber Tree Microsoft Academic ID : 2777324371 Observation.org ID : 124149 eBiodiversity ID : 624545 World Flora Online ID : wfo-0000688216 Colon Classification : J711 Open Tree of Life ID : 795604 Queensland Biota ID : 31174 Tela Botanica ID : 118589 Store norske leksikon ID : gummifikentre NatureServe Explorer ID : 2.158832 Portal to the Flora of Italy ID : 8478 Catalogue of Life ID : 6HXJH Synonyms: ≡ Ficus elastica Roxb. ex Hornem. Basionym of ≡ Visiania elastica (Roxb.) Gasp. ≡ Macrophthalma elastica (Roxb.) Gasp. ≡ Urostigma elasticum (Roxb.) Miq. ≡ Stilpnophyllum elasticum (Roxb.) Drury
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