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Ficus elastica
rubber plant
As recorded: Ficus elastica Roxb. ex Hornem.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Rosales › Moraceae
- Collected by
- Forbes, A.
- Collector number
- s.n.
- Date
- July 8, 1930
- Locality
- UH campus, Gartley Hall
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- Herbst, D.R.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On July 8, 1930, Forbes, A. also collected 2 other specimens.
Ficus elastica observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1930. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 6 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2025-02-09.
2025-02-09
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) frzralyssa, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-02-20
Maui County, HI, USA
(c) Monte Tudor-Long, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-08-03
Hawaii, US
no rights reserved
2022-07-04
Hanapepe
(c) krennlrec, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2022-06-13
Ke‘Anae, HI 96708, USA
(c) plectrudis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2022-01-27
Haiku, HI 96708, USA
(c) Sam Bucciarelli, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Ficus elastica. BISH 58437. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956525707. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/58437.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956525707 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026