| Family Name | Moraceae |
| Scientific name | Ficus elastica |
| Common name | rubber bush, rubber tree, India-rubber tree |
| Growth habit | Perennial deciduous shrub |
| Leaf | Simple alternative leaves. Elliptical. Latex secretion from detached leaves. |
| Flower | Fragrant pale yellow or red flowers. Flowering between May and October. |
| Fruit | Follicle, matured from July to December. |
| More to learn | In HKZBG, there is one more than 120 year-old rubber tree. The figs syconium fig wasps pollinate fruition. The next time you see figs, they have to cut the middle before we can see it is a flower or fruit. |
| Properties | Flowers: Sweet tasting, cool, fragrant. Antipyretic, diuretic, antitussive, relieves summer heat. |
| Treats | Prevention of heat stroke; enteritis, malabsorption and malnutrition; infectious hepatitis, bronchitis. |
| Reference | 印度橡皮树_互动百科 第三者觀察報告-觀察對象--印度榕(印度橡膠樹) 稱心園藝：印度榕 - 翼報 (2011.8) |