AP BIOLOGY

ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY

EXCRETION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following plant’s latex is useful for manufacturing rubber? Which is the latest reducing plant used to produce rubber?
A
Neem
B
Tridax grass
C
Hevea
D
None is none
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Hevea Brasiliensis: ↑ It is a tree native to the Amazon. It is economically very important because the latex collected from the tree is the primary source of natural rubber.

Detailed explanation-2: -Natural rubber (NR) is derived from the latex of the rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis, which is grown in the equatorial belt. The biggest user of natural rubber is for automobile tires.

Detailed explanation-3: -The seeds contain Para rubber seed oil, a semi-drying pale yellow oil used for illumination, soap making, paint, varnish, and as a treatment against house flies and lice. The plant is often intercropped with coffee or cocoa. Tapping the trunk yields latex used in wide range of applications.

Detailed explanation-4: -rubber tree, (Hevea brasiliensis), South American tropical tree of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae). Cultivated on plantations in the tropics and subtropics, especially in Southeast Asia and western Africa, it replaced the rubber plant in the early 20th century as the chief source of natural rubber.

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