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Rubber
Rubber produced in India is named "natural rubber". It is usually cultivated in many countries in the world and so are the varieties in terms of quality and category. The categories vary on the basis of regions of rubber production. Scientifically, rubber is called caoutchouc. Latex form of rubber is harvested in special trees in different parts of the world. Rubber is usually stickier in nature and so it is milky colloid to give variety. Procedure to produce runner is by incisions into tree barks to draw off fluids of rubber which are collected in the vessels. It is called tapping process.
Rubber Production in India
British planters brought rubber in the colonial India. Upon finding it as the best suitable place for rubber cultivation, they started commercial cultivation of natural rubber in this country. It was a great success when rubber was cultivated for experimentation purpose at the Botanical Gardens in Calcutta (now Kolkata) in 1873. It boosted morale for further rubber production and therefore, India became one of the major rubber producing countries in the world over the last few centuries.
Methods of Growing Rubber
Commercial processing of latex is a completely refined form of rubber produced. It is often used in combination of rest products. Large stretching ratios and extremely waterproof nature with high resilience remain important features of rubbers. Large plantations are mandatory to cultivate rubbers. In usual cases, use of coconut shells is common practices to collect latex which is a preliminary form of natural rubber.
Rubber Growing States in India & Best Season
Hevea, the tree whose barks are used to obtain rubber was planted for the first time with an aim to make it a commercial plantation at Thattekadu in the Kerala in 1902. It became a successful venture and milestone for India to emerge into one of the largest natural rubber producing countries in the world. Natural rubber is also denoted with Indian rubber. Today, Kerala is one of India's largest rubber producing states.
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