| Scientific Name: | Ficus elastica |
| Common Name: | rubber plant, India rubber plant, rubber tree |
| Family Name: | Moraceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China, South Asia / India |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 10: (-1 to 4 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Indoor foliage plant |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Indoor plant |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Glabrous, Lustrous, Elliptic, Ovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, Green, Red |
| Fruit: | Multiple fruit, (Accessory tissue), Purple, Black |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Indoor plants grown 1-3m tall: leaves alternate, elliptic; most 10-30cm long x 5-12cm wide, leathery, 2-5mm thick, new leaf growth green, darkens to purple-green as it matures, glabrous, margin entire, base rounded, most petioles 3-5cm long; inflorescence is a spadix is mostly enclosed by a single large reddish bract. | |