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• n  large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant; source of Assam rubber

• India-rubber tree
• India-rubber plant
• India-rubber fig
• Assam rubber
• Ficus elastica

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• As Vietnam stretches rubber output, risk of price war grows
  By Lewa Pardomuan and Ho Binh Minh SINGAPORE/HANOI (Reuters) - After years of massive expansion, tearing up forests and swallowing land in neighboring countries to create rubber plantations, Vietnam is reaping what it sowed: a swelling of output that has made it the third-largest rubber producer. Later this year rubber farmers will tap maturing trees from new plantations, but with global ...
  April 8, 2014 - Reuters via Yahoo! News