Rubber trees do actually produce rubber. There was a plant, known as the rubber plant or India rubber plant (Ficus elastica), that was used to provide natural rubber for a long time. However, the ...
Located in the heart of the resort amid its iconic garden bungalows and anchored under a century-old Ficus Elastica tree, The Branches is a new gathering oasis, offering nightly live entertainment ...
To ensure safe connectivity, the ancestors of the Khasi and Jaintia Hills learned to guide the aerial roots of the Ficus elastica (Indian rubber fig tree) to build functional architecture. Local ...
The world’s largest tree has been rigorously dated for the first time, confirming it is at least 16,000 years old. Named Pando, the tree is a quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) with around ...
DNA samples from one of the world’s largest and oldest plants — a quaking aspen tree (Populus tremuloides) in Utah called Pando — have helped researchers to determine its age and revealed ...
CLIMATEWIRE | More than a third of the world’s tree species are at risk of extinction, according to findings by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The group said that its first ...