EPPO Global Database

Ficus elastica(FIUEL)

Overview
Code created in: 2001-10-21

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: FIUEL
  • Preferred name: Ficus elastica
  • Authority: Hornemann

Notes

Himalayas, Bangladesh, northeast India, Indochina (except Cambodia), Malesia (Sumatra, Malaysia, Java), China (southern). Widely cultivated elsewhere, especially as an ornamental houseplant, but it can grow into a massive tree in public gardens. Introduced in western Mediterranean, Sri Lanka, Cameroon, USA (formerly Florida), Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (northwest), New Guinea


Common names
Name
Language
ficus del cautxú Catalan
yìn dù róng Chinese
印度榕 Chinese
gummifigen Danish
gummitræ Danish
Indische gomelastiekboom Dutch
Assam rubber tree English
Indian rubber fig English
Indian rubber plant English
Indian rubber tree English
rubber fig English
rubber plant English
arbre à gomme French
caoutchouc French
ficus commun French
figuier ornemental French
figuier élastique French
Gummibaum German
Gummifeigenbaum German
indischer Gummibaum German
rambong Indonesian
fico della gomma Italian
gomma elastica Italian
indo-gomu-no-ki Japanese
インドゴムノキ Japanese
in do go mu na mu Korean
인도고무나무 Korean
figowiec sprężysty Polish
borracheira Portuguese
falsa-seringueira Portuguese
figueira-branca Portuguese
figueira-de-borracha Portuguese
figueira-do-caucho Portuguese
árvore-da-borracha Portuguese
фикус каучуконосный Russian
фикус эластика эластичный Russian
каучуково дрво Serbian
тропска смоква Serbian
фикус Serbian
caucho Spanish
fisco Spanish
higuera cauchera Spanish
higuera del caucho Spanish
palo de goma Spanish
árbol del caucho Spanish
fönsterfikus Swedish