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Rubber plant(Árvore da borracha)

Ficus elastica

Description:

spotted in a local house.Very common in gardens,i think it grow's in to a tree i have a spotting that as the same kind of leaf and someone give a id that i dont agreed completly and would be nice to have a confirmation on this one so i can compare http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficus_elast...

2 Species ID Suggestions

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago
Rubber plant
Ficus elastica Ficus elastica
YogeshSave
YogeshSave 12 years ago
rubber fig, rubber bush, rubber tree, rubber plant, or Indian rubber bush
Ficus elastica


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8 Comments

AntónioGinjaGinja
AntónioGinjaGinja 12 years ago

I know how to reconize a friend Emma,it's one of the good things of having my age:)

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

Thank you for the honor Antonio!

AntónioGinjaGinja
AntónioGinjaGinja 12 years ago

@Karen my friend thanks for one more id,i'am giving you a lot of work whith my almost unknowed spottings:)
@Thanks Yogesh to
@Emma,not exactly:)mean's great friend(biggest old friend,blood brothers:)that was what my brother told me,but asergio can confirm if it's that what is the mean because sometimes there are variations in the precise sense of the words,it's a very nice complement he make me that i return to him and by the way,i call you to Xára Emma:)

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

Antonio,Does Xara mean Shiny?

AntónioGinjaGinja
AntónioGinjaGinja 12 years ago

@Emma it's lovely the way this people care about the outside houses,this leaves are beautiful,very strong structure and a deep green that take us to tropical feeling.
@asergio,tem bastantes jardins publicos eu tenho spots de pelo menos 2 ou 3 jardins, o da cordoaria,o da boavista e o mais espectacular o do centro de arte moderna de serralves e em ruas tb temos muitas árvores e ajardinamentos,tens que dar uma volta pelos meus spots e encontras bué de jardins privados e publicos :)
yes there are many public gardens and street gardens in porto it's not a "green" city but there a costume of every body having plants in there homes and in the public places they some times exagerate and the water to mantain the gardens in the summer is in the south a heavy problem
yes

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 12 years ago

Que bela casa, tão rica. A cidade do Porto tem jardins públicos? Em praças, por exemplo? What a beautiful, rich house. Does Porto City have public gardens? In squares, for example?

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

Rubber plants have one of the most beautiful leaves!

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

I like the pot arrangement on every stair!

Porto, Portugal

Spotted on Feb 21, 2012
Submitted on Feb 22, 2012

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