Euphorbiaceae FAMILY

Sapium jenmannii

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Sapium jenmanii is a tall tree. The latex obtained from the plant provides a very good quality rubber. The plant was at one time cultivated for this purpose, but results were disappointing[ 458 Title Rubber. Its Sources, Cultivation and Preparation. Publication Author Brown H. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher John Murray; London. Year 1914 ISBN Description Written in the days before synthetic rubbers and the loss of interest in finding new rubber sources. A good amount of information on latex-producing plants. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The tree is probably also harvested for its wood, which would be traded.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - northern Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela and Colombia.

HabitatAlluvial forests[ 511 Title Inventory of Seeds and Plants Imported Vol. 23 Publication USDA Bureau of Plant Industry - Bulletin No. 208 Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher USDA Government Printing Office; Washington DC. Year 1911 ISBN Description Details of seeds imported for trials by the United States Department of Agriculture in the second quarter of 1909, often detailing the uses of the plant and various other miscellaneous information. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].