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CHAPTER XIV 



The Assam Rubber Tree {Ficus elastica, Roxb.) and 

 OTHER Species of Ficus 



Species of Ficus — Ficua elastica — Cultivation — Rate of growth — 

 Collection of the rubber — Coagulation of the latex — Yield of rubber — 

 Composition of Ficua elaatica rubber — Ficus Vogelii — Ficua platyphylla 

 — Ficua bibracteata — Ficua trachyphylla — Ficua utilis . pp. 227-237 



