Family · Asterids

Eucommiaceae

Hardy rubber tree

Single Chinese deciduous tree Eucommia ulmoides yielding latex and prized medicinal bark.

Accepted species

1accepted names · Kew WCVP

Genus

1accepted genus · Kew WCVP

Origin

≈44 MaPaleogene · stem age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree

Centre of diversity

Asia-Temperatemost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

• Eucommia ulmoides

Its genus

• Eucommia1 spp.

Where it grows

• Asia-Temperate1

Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.

Related families

Eucommiaceae sits in the order Garryales.

• GarryaceaeSilk tassel27