Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name
Hevea brasiliensis (Willd. ex A.Juss.) Müll.Arg.
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.
Hevea brasiliensis
Authorship: The author or authors credited with publishing the scientific name. It is written after the name, sometimes with the year, for example L. (Linnaeus) in Zea mays L. An author in parentheses first published the name in another genus or rank.
(Willd. ex A.Juss.) Müll.Arg.
Common names
Rubber Tree, Natural Rubber, Para Rubber Tree, Para rubber, Pará Rubber Tree, Rubber Plant, Sharinga Tree, hevea, rubbertree
Names in other languages (52)Amazonas-Parakautschukbaum, Apam, Arborele de cauciuc, Arbre à caoutchouc, Braziliaanse rubberboom, Caoutchouc, Cau-chu, Caucho, Caucho Blanco, Hévéa du Brésil, Arbre à caoutchouc, Jebe, Jeve Fino, Karet, Kauczukowiec brazylijski, Kautschuk (DE); Rubber Tree (EN); Caoutchoc (FR), Kautschukbaum, Kaŭĉukarbo, Parakautschukbaum, Seringa, Seringa Real, Seringa-verdadeira, Seringueira, Seringueira-branca, Seringueira-preta, Shiringa, albero della gomma, arbre de Para, cauchotero de Pará, dazhéebeyáanin, echter Federharzbaum, hévéa, kaučukovník brazilský, kaučukovník brazílsky, kumipuu, parakautsupuu, pau-moeda, pau-seringa, seringa-real, seringueira-rosada, seringueira-roxa, seringueira-verdadeira, siringa, Árbol de hule, Árvore-da-borracha, árbol del caucho, Бразільская гевея, Гевея бразильская, Каучуково дрво, റബ്ബർ, ยางพารา, パラゴムノキ, 巴西橡膠樹
Kingdom: One of the broadest ranks of biological classification. It groups organisms that share very basic features, for example plants (Plantae), animals (Animalia) or fungi (Fungi).
Plantae
Phylum: Rank below kingdom that groups organisms with a shared general body plan, for example chordates (Chordata), arthropods (Arthropoda) or vascular plants (Tracheophyta). In botany the same rank is also called division.
Tracheophyta
Class: Rank below phylum, for example mammals (Mammalia), birds (Aves), insects (Insecta) or monocot plants such as grasses and orchids (Liliopsida).
Magnoliopsida
Order: Rank below class that groups related families, for example grasses and their relatives (Poales) or bats (Chiroptera).
Malpighiales
Family: Rank below order that groups related genera. Family names usually end in -aceae in botany (for example Poaceae, the grass family) and in -idae in zoology (for example Felidae, the cat family).
Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Rank that groups closely related species. Its name is the first word of a species' scientific name and starts with a capital letter, for example Zea in Zea mays.
Hevea
Specific epithet: The second word of a species' scientific name. On its own it does not name the species: it always goes with the genus, for example mays in Zea mays.
brasiliensis
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.
species
Reference species
Hevea brasiliensis
Taxonomic status: Whether the taxonomic catalogue the record comes from currently accepts this name for the organism, or treats it as a synonym of another accepted name or as doubtful.
accepted name

Photos and conservation status

IUCN Red List category: The extinction-risk category that the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assigns to a species on its Red List. EX Extinct: there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. EW Extinct in the wild: it survives only in cultivation, in captivity or as a population far outside its past range. CR Critically endangered, EN Endangered and VU Vulnerable: the three threatened categories, from an extremely high to a high risk of extinction in the wild. NT Near threatened: close to qualifying as threatened. LC Least concern: evaluated and not threatened. DD Data deficient: there is not enough information to assess its risk. NE Not evaluated: not yet assessed against the criteria. It describes the risk of the species worldwide, not its situation in a project's area.
Least concern (LC)
Source: IUCN Red List via GBIF, queried on 2026-10-12 18:01.
Photo of Hevea brasiliensis (Willd. ex A.Juss.) Müll.Arg.
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Photo of Hevea brasiliensis (Willd. ex A.Juss.) Müll.Arg.
Photo: Steven Bodzin · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Hevea brasiliensis (Willd. ex A.Juss.) Müll.Arg.
Photo: Sabarni Sarker · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Hevea brasiliensis (Willd. ex A.Juss.) Müll.Arg.
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Photo of Hevea brasiliensis (Willd. ex A.Juss.) Müll.Arg.
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Photo of Hevea brasiliensis (Willd. ex A.Juss.) Müll.Arg.
Photo: Ong Jyh Seng · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation

Research-grade iNaturalist observations via GBIF, CC0 or CC BY licences only, queried on 2026-10-12 18:01.

Interacciones documentadas

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A documented interaction means it was recorded somewhere in the world. It does not mean it occurs here.

Types shown: 11 of 11 is a symbiont of × is a host of × interacts with × is eaten by × is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of × is adjacent to × has as a parasite × has as a host × hasRoost × is preyed upon by × has its flowers visited by ×

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is a symbiont of 1258 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Diaporthe bohemiae Diaporthaceae is a symbiont of 1 not compared
Gibellulopsis piscis Plectosphaerellaceae is a symbiont of 1 not compared
Ramularia eucalypti Mycosphaerellaceae is a symbiont of 1 not compared
Lectera longa Plectosphaerellaceae is a symbiont of 1 not compared
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is a host of 666 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Pseudocercospora ulei Mycosphaerellaceae is a host of 212 not compared
Phyllachora huberi Phyllachoraceae is a host of 120 not compared
Lasiodiplodia theobromae Botryosphaeriaceae is a host of 72 not compared
Anthracnose Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Glomerellaceae is a host of 70 not compared
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interacts with 51 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Hirsutella verticillioides Ophiocordycipitaceae interacts with 6 not compared
Ganoderma amazonense interacts with 5 not compared
Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer Euwallacea fornicatus Curculionidae interacts with 5 no location
Funalia floccosa Polyporaceae interacts with 3 not compared
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is eaten by 32 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Croton caterpillar Achaea janata Erebidae is eaten by 2 no location
Lesser Dog-faced Fruit Bat Cynopterus brachyotis Pteropodidae is eaten by 2 not compared
Doloessa viridis Pyralidae is eaten by 1 no location
Comocritis circulata Xyloryctidae is eaten by 1 no location
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is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 24 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Rhizophagus prolifer Glomeraceae is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 not compared
Rhizophagus aggregatus Glomeraceae is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 not compared
Glomus sp. Glomeraceae is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 no location Not a modelling unit: the source did not resolve a species — the name carries an open-nomenclature qualifier.
Claroideoglomus sp. Claroideoglomeraceae is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 no location Not a modelling unit: the source did not resolve a species — the name carries an open-nomenclature qualifier.
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is adjacent to 14 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Fissurina pseudostromatica Graphidaceae is adjacent to 2 not compared
Pseudocercospora ulei Mycosphaerellaceae is adjacent to 2 no location
Phaeographis leiogrammodes Graphidaceae is adjacent to 2 not compared
Oidium Erysiphaceae is adjacent to 1 no location Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
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has as a parasite 9 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Erythmelus tingitiphagus Mymaridae has as a parasite 2 no location
Parasitic wasp Encarsia citrina has as a parasite 1 no location
Aphytis Aphelinidae has as a parasite 1 no location Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
Ooencyrtus latiscapus Encyrtidae has as a parasite 1 no location
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has as a host 6 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Phomopsis heveae Diaporthaceae has as a host 1 no location
Lasiodiplodia theobromae Botryosphaeriaceae has as a host 1 no location
Phytophthora botryosa has as a host Refuted 1 no location
Pseudocercospora ulei Mycosphaerellaceae has as a host 1 no location
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hasRoost 1 organism

No sanctioned reading for this term yet: it is shown exactly as the source publishes it.

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Funnel-eared Bat Natalus tumidirostris Natalidae hasRoost 1 no location
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is preyed upon by 1 organism

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Tiger Shark Galeocerdo cuvier Galeocerdonidae is preyed upon by 1 no location
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Flower visit

has its flowers visited by 1 organism

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. Visiting a flower is not pollinating it. «Pollinates» is a different term and a different block, and merging the two is the measured defect that turned ~88 shared «pollinators» into birds and primates.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
insects Insecta has its flowers visited by Refuted 1 no location Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at class level.
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Acompañantes documentados

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Documented uses and recommendations

Uses and recommendations that a source documents for this species beside a crop, each in its own context. They are the source's statements, not traits of the species and not Biolítica's recommendations, and none of them is a relation between two species.

Among the sources you can read, none documents a use or recommendation of this species beside a crop.