Plants with Latex and Balata

Hevea brasiliensis, Euphorbiaceae, rubber, tree

Hevea brasiliensis, Euphorbiaceae, rubber, trees

Collection and coagulation of latex

Grading of latex

Collection and coagulation of latex

Making rubber sheet, Making rubber sheet 2

Rolling and hanging sheets to dry

sheets of latex hanging
Courtesy of Dr. Dorothea Bedigian
Hevea plantation and workers houses

Young rubber plants

Mature plantation

Collection on plantations

Coagulation in vats

Machine rolling into sheets

Hanging sheets

Smoking sheets

Sorting and baling sheets

Cross pollination of Hevea plants

Leopoldo II of Belgium

Parthenium argentatum, guayule, Asteraceae

Palaquium gutta, gutta percha, Sapotaceae, drawing

Manilkara (Achras) sapota, chicl??, Sapotaceae, tapping trees
Courtesy of Dr. Abraham Krikorian

Latex on tapped area of trunk of Manilkara sapota Courtesy Dr. Abraham Krikorian