A british explorer henry wickham was hired to steal mass amounts of seeds for the tree havea brasiliensis.
What is a rubber tree plantation.
Natural rubber also called india rubber latex amazonian rubber caucho or caoutchouc as initially produced consists of polymers of the organic compound isoprene with minor impurities of other organic compounds plus water thailand and indonesia are two of the leading rubber producers.
Hevea brasiliensis the pará rubber tree sharinga tree seringueira or most commonly the rubber tree or rubber plant is a flowering plant belonging to the spurge family euphorbiaceae it is the most economically important member of the genus hevea because the milky latex extracted from the tree is the primary source of natural rubber.
Rubber tree plantation has important impact on viet nam economy in recent years.
When forests grow they absorb the carbon a greenhouse gas whose emission is mainly responsible for climate.
This tree is what gives off the material to make rubber.
Apart from eco friendly characteristic rubberwood s favourable for woodworking and timber properties because medium dense timber air dry density 560 650 kg m 3 suitable for a wide scope of applications.
The tree may be attacked by white root rot fomes which makes the roots rot.
The rubber tree may also be attacked by insects.
Then the tree dies.
Rubber is used for many purposes which may include erasers to tyres tubes industrial products.
Introduction of rubber basically rubber is an elastic solid material retrieved from latex of many tropical trees.
The average temperature required for rubber plantations is 25 28 c with a maximum of 34 c.
The atmospheric humidity should be around 80 with moderate wind speed.
They do less serious damage.
The rainfall in the area for rubber plantation should be around 2000 mm annually.
Rubber trees require bright sunlight for about 20000 hours 6 hours a day.
It is very important to see if white root rot has attacked a tree because by the time you see that the tree is ill it is too late.
It can be easily steam bent or stained to resemble any other timber depending on consumer demand.
And a large area of bark.
Control of disease of the roots.
Wickham went to the amazon and in 1876 stole around 70 000 seeds.
Cultivated on plantations in the tropics and subtropics especially in southeast asia and western africa it replaced the rubber plant in the early 20th century as the chief source of natural rubber it has soft wood.
Recognizing this potential the british set out in hopes to set up rubber plantations in the colonies they owned.
Types of polyisoprene that are used as natural rubbers are classified as elastomers.
Rubber tree hevea brasiliensis south american tropical tree of the spurge family euphorbiaceae.
