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Hevea guianensis is a species of rubber tree in the genus Hevea, belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae. It is native to the rainforests of Ecuador, Venezuela, the Guyanas, Brazil, Colombia and Peru. It generally grows on well-drained soils or on those that are only lightly inundated, on river banks, in gallery forests, savannah forests and wooded slopes.
H. guianensis is tapped for latex in the wild but is not cultivated for this purpose. It produces a yellowish latex of inferior quality to Hevea brasiliensis. The seeds are poisonous when raw but are eaten by native people when cooked.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hevea guianensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
