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Ficus elastica
rubber plant
As recorded: Ficus elastica Roxb. ex Hornem.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Rosales › Moraceae
- Collected by
- Neal, M.C.
- Collector number
- 965
- Date
- March 9, 1938
- Locality
- Honolulu, park around Capitol building, by Archives
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- Staples, G.W.; Herbst, D.R.Derral R. Herbst →George W. Staples III →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Ficus elastica observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1938. 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 58461. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956319771. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/58461.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956319771 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026