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RUBBER PLANT

India rubber plant, (Ficus elastica), also called India rubber tree, large tree of the family Moraceae, once an important source of an inferior natural rubber. It was largely replaced as a source of rubber by the unrelated rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) in the early 20th century. The India rubber plant is native to Southeast Asia and is commonly grown as an indoor pot plant elsewhere. The young plants are durable and grow well under less-than-ideal indoor conditions.

The India rubber plant has large, thick, oblong leaves up to 30 cm (12 inches) long and figlike fruits in pairs along the branches. The trunk and stems exude a milky sap, or latex. Among the cultivated varieties offered are ‘Decora,’ with broader and darker green leaves, and a few variegated strains, with marbled gray, cream, and white leaves or with green leaves having white or yellow margins.Today, when we are still amidst the pandemic, we are keeping a double check on our environment and that's especially because we want to ensure that the air that we breathe in is pure. According to the NASA clean air study, some indoor plants can help remove pollutants from the air and make it fresh (Make homemade air purifier).The rubber plant is one such houseplant. Rubber plant increases humidity within a room and prevents the pollutants and any other unwanted particles to turn into dust and harm your respiratory system. Placing a rubber plant in your home can help you reduce the chances of respiratory allergies which can lead to health issues like asthma.Rubber plants can also be used to treat skin issues like skin rashes. This is because it has natural anti-inflammatory properties. Take 1-2 fresh leaves of the plant and mash. This mixture can be rubbed on the affected area for relief.



                              Dracaena Angolensis


Dracaena angolensis has striped, elongate, smooth, greenish-gray subcylindrical leaves. They are up to 3 cm (1 in) diameter and grow up to 2 m (7 ft) above soil.The spear sansevieria grows fan-shaped, with its stiff leaves growing from a basal rosette.The species is interesting in having subcylindrical instead of strap-shaped leaves caused by a failure to express genes which would cause the cylindrical bud to differentiate dorsoventrally or produce a distinctive and familiar top and bottom surface to the leaf blade.The 3 cm (1 in) greenish-white tubular flowers are tinged with pink.Structural, weighty and pleasingly cylindrical, this Snake Plant is pretty much a living sculpture. It has long, thin and pointy cylindrical leaves that grow upwards. They call me rough and tough for a reason, I'm a super low-maintenance, robust snake plant of stout green fronds.The Sansevieria Cylindrica is slow growing but can live for years so keep it in a warm, well-lit space, keeping the water to a minimum and it could reach as high as 1m tall.




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