The difference between rubber tree and rubber tree

1. Leaf Difference

The rubber tree has finger-like compound leaves, usually with 3 leaflets, a petiole up to 15 cm long, with glands at the top, and the leaflets are oval, 10 to 25 cm long and about 4 to 10 cm wide. The leaf apex is short-pointed or gradually tapering, the base is cuneate, and the leaves are entire.

The leaves of the rubber tree are trifoliate leaves that are alternate. Its petiole is very long and usually has three glands at the top of the leaf. The leaflets are oval or obovate, leathery, and the surface of the leaves is glabrous. The lateral veins and reticular patterns are very obvious.

2. Flower Differences

The inflorescence of the rubber tree is axillary, conical in shape, up to 16 cm long, with short or white hairs on the back, and the lobes of the calyx are ovate-lanceolate, about 2 mm long.

The flowers of the rubber tree are composed of multiple cymes arranged in axillary panicles. The central flower in each cyme is a female flower, and the rest are male flowers, with green florets.