AN important exhibition illustrating the fungal diseases to which the Para rubber-tree (Hevea brasiliensis) is subject in Ceylon and Malaya was opened on March 10 in the Botany Department of the ...

Natural rubber, most commonly derived from the hevea brasiliensis tree, is a foundation of the global economy. After all, the world uses about 14 million metric tons of natural rubber in over 50,000 ...

The rubber tree is a tropical plant from northeast India and Indonesia. It grows over 100 feet tall; it drops a lot of big leaves and branches, and it produces too much shade for most plants to ...

Where do rubber trees get their rubber? Decoding the rubber tree genome Date: June 24, 2016 Source: RIKEN Summary: Researchers have succeeded in decoding the genome sequence for Hevea brasiliensis ...

ONE story Perak-born artist Hon Peow, 86, is fond of telling is how he was flattered by a visitor during an exhibition in China. Read full story ...

After sequencing the rubber tree genome, researchers compared it to the genomes of other plants in the Euphobiaceae family, such as cassava and castor beans, and found that while they shared a ...

There's "Tree of Heaven," a bronze hanging oil lamp dating to the 14th or 15th century, and a Mayan, Late Classic eccentric flint, between A.D. 600 and 800, where profiles of K'awiil, the ...

This Rubber Tree Gathering will take place on Friday – 29/11/24 – from 5.30pm, with a Rain Date – Fri – 6/12/24].