Rubber and other horticulture tree species: Hortoki organic village in Mizoram

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Rubber tree in Hortoki organic vilage in Mizoram in Northeast state of India. Hevea brasiliensis, the Pará rubber tree, sharinga tree, seringueira, or, most commonly, the rubber tree or rubber plant, is a tree belonging to the 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 a tall deciduous tree growing to a height of up to 40 m (131 ft) in the wild but cultivated trees are usually much smaller because drawing off the latex restricts the growth of the tree. The trunk is cylindrical and may have a swollen, bottle-shaped base. The bark is some shade of brown, and the inner bark oozes latex when damaged. The leaves have three leaflets and are spirally arra