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Henry Ridley and rubber tree, Singapore
Extension of original cutting on an old Para rubber tree, Hevea brasiliensis - Henry Ridley ('Rubber Ridley') and rubber tree, tapped for latex. HNR/1/2/6/3 Henry Ridley was director of the Singapore Botanic Garden from 1888 to 1911. Through his expertise and ecouragement, and with rubber trees that had been trees sent from Kew in 1877, the Malaysian rubber plantation industry was established. Today most of the world's rubber comes from plantations in Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia
© The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Pinus nigra, sub sp. laricio
PINACEAE, Pinus nigra, sub sp. laricio 197315509
© RBG KEW
197315509, Bark, Black Pine, Evergreen, Pinaceae, Pine, Pinus Nigra Sub Species Laricio, Summer, Tree, Trunk
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Mimosa suma, R
Watercolour on paper, no date (late 18th, early 19th century). Hand painted copy of an illustration commissioned by William Roxburgh (1751-1815). In his Flora Indica, Roxburgh reports that this tree is very common around Calcutta and in Bengal. It flowers during the rainy season. Roxburgh also writes: ...[it is] remarkably conspicuous on account of its white bark
© RBG KEW
