welcome once again to MY WORLD OF RUBBER by felicia boham . Last weeks edition introduced as to what rubber is and the orign of rubber. ,Good on this edition we willbe dealing with how the rubber treeis being planted and for long does it take grow and how we get the latex from the tree.

Rubber tree seeds

 These are the seeds we use in planting rubber. this really a surprise to know that rubber comes from seed.  Rubber tree seeds possess a brilliant spotted coat showing a prominent
caruncle and usually are globate in shape. Significant seed production starts four years
after crop establishment and mature seeds are shed for approximately five months after
flowering. the tree can reach a height of up to 100 feet (30 m). The white or yellow latex occurs in latex vessels in the bark, mostly outside the phloem. These vessels spiral up the tree in a right-handed helix which forms an angle of about 30 degrees with the horizontal, and can grow as high as 45 ft.
In plantations, the trees are kept smaller, up to 78 feet (24 m) tall, so as to use most of the available carbon dioxide for latex production.
The tree requires a climate with heavy rainfall and without frost If frost does occur, the results can be disastrous for production. Temperature and relative humidity are the most important climatic conditions affecting plant developmental stages, latex production and seed yield. Regions with
mean annual temperature lower than 20oC and high humidity are not optimum for
rubber tree establishment because disease pressures are intense. Temperatures from
27oC to 30oC are the most favorable for rubber tree growth.
The germinating process take along circle about 7years.
 Now let us look how the trees are planted and how the latex is tapped.
In the wild, the tree can reach a height of up to 100 feet (30 m). The white or yellow latex occurs in latex vessels in the bark, mostly outside the phloem. These vessels spiral up the tree in a right-handed helix which forms an angle of about 30 degrees with the horizontal, and can grow as high as 45 ft.
In plantations, the trees are kept smaller, up to 78 feet (24 m) tall, so as to use most of the available carbon dioxide for latex production.^[1]
The tree requires a climate with heavy rainfall and without frost.^[1] If frost does occur, the results can be disastrous for production. One frost can cause the rubber from an entire plantation to become brittle and break once it has been refined

 

Latex being collectedfrom an incised rubber tree, and a bucket of collected latex

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   Today ,on my world of rubber, we are going to be educated on where the rubber tree plantation  came  from, how and who developed the idea of rubber plantation and it name in the world.. I want you to relax and read the history of rubber in world.    
   what is rubber? It is a sticky, elastic solid produced from a milky liquid called "latex," which has different properties than the sap found in trees. Although latex is found in the bark, roots, and stems, branches, leaves, and fruit of over 400 different plants and trees, the bulk is found, and extracted, from the inner bark of the branches, and from the trunk, of the rubber tree. Quite simply, it would not be cost-effective to extract the latex from rubber producing plants, such as the dandelion, the milkweed, and the sagebrush. Just visualize some poor soul laboring over one of these with a syringe!

. It is used in making auto tires, industrial conveyor belts, condoms, surgical gloves, sporting equipment, shoes, sportswear and a wide range of goods for bicycles, cars, motorcycles, machinery, and an additive for other chemicals and other products.

The rubber tree originate in the Amazon. Latex has been used by Indians there since at least the 10th century for waterproofing clothes and footwear. Some South American Indians used the "woodskin" on their canoes. Up until a century a half ago only rainforest Indians knew how to tap latex from the tree.

In the 16th century, Spaniards with Cortes and Pizarro noticed Indians in the New World collecting white liquid from trees and using it to coat capes and moccasins and to make rubber balls for games. They called the substance "tree milk" but didn’t consider using it as a material themselves because it became sticky in hot weather.

Rubber was name in 1770 by the British chemist Joseph Drietsly, who was sent a ball of rubber from America and later discovered it rubbed out pencil marks. Although some Europeans new of rubber, it didn't become commercially important until the 19th century.

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 some top counties in  rubber production.

Thailand, 1698667 , 3166910; 2) Indonesia, 1567233 , 2921872; 3) Malaysia, 575213 , 1072400; 4) India, 439295 , 819000; 5) Viet Nam, 353796 , 659600; 6) China, 293861 , 547861; 7) Philippines, 220475 , 411044; 8) Côte d'Ivoire, 101124 , 188532; 9) Nigeria, 76702 , 143000; 10) Sri Lanka, 69321 , 129240; 11) Brazil, 64851 , 120905; 12) Liberia, 43446 , 81000; 13)Ghana....................................

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