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Rubber
Plantation
Rubber
tree is best grown in tropical climates. Rubber farming can be a very lucrative
business. Hevea brasiliensis or Para Rubber Tree is simply called as rubber
tree. Life of a rubber tree is more than 100 years, however the economical life
of rubber tree is about 32 years. Rubber trees convert inorganic nutrients from
the soil, and carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, into organic carbohydrates
which are then turned into rubber latex. Once the latex production becomes
uneconomical, the trees are cut and replaced with new ones. Rubber plantation
is a sustainable source of rubber as well as timber, contributing positively to
the environment.
The
structure of the vessels in rubber wood permits easy and effective preservative
treatment.
Eventually,
rubber trees were found to grow well in the European colonies in Asia. French
Indo China, (Viet Nam), Thailand and Hynan Island off the China coast.
