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The growth of rubber plantations in Malaya in 1896 was initiated by the progeny of the early collection of Hevea brasiliensis seeds, by Henry Wickham from the Amazon jungle (Brazil) in 1876. Hevea brasiliensis is a member of the family Euphorbiaceae. Natural rubber comes from the latex, synthesized in specialized cells called laticifers or ‘latex vessels’, which are formed mainly in the bark, in rings interspersed with the sieve tubes of the secondary phloem of the trunk. Anastomoses between adjacent vessels in each ring allow the latex to drain from a large area of the cortex on tapping the rubber tree (Gomez and Moir 1979).
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(2007). Rubber. In: Pua, EC., Davey, M. (eds) Transgenic Crops V. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 60. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-49161-3_15
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