What is rubber honey?

Rubber honey is made from the rubber tree. Not from nectar found inside the flowers, or from honeydew as it happens with other trees, but from a nectar-secreting gland found outside the flower, on the young leaf petioles. Scientific name: Hevea brasiliensis Family: Euphorbiaceae, genus: Hevea Other names: rubber tree, sharinga tree, para rubber, seringueira or rubber plant Native to: tropical forests of the Amazon basin and Orinoco river valley in South America, it is grown in large plantations in Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Java, Sumatra, Thailand (which… Read More