Rubber Tree Plantation

Rubber Tree Plantation

      Hevea brasiliensis

Phuket has lots and lots of rubber trees, which are called rubber tree plantations and they create rubber, and makes lots of fabrics and goods for Phuket which it helps Phuket earn money and it would help Phuket develop in the future too!  Rubber trees take up to one year until they can make rubber which will let then be collected in by the people and then the rubber is transported to industry
for rubber.

Rubber tree plantation started with this Thai man called Phraya Ratsadanupradit Mahison and he got the idea when Malaysia had rubber tree plantation. Rubber trees is needed a lot  of space  when planting rubber trees and rubber trees and palm oil trees take up to 60% of Phuket's land. Rubber tree can produce lots of products such as car tires, footwear, and electrical instruments too!

Rubber trees are not actually from Malaysia or Thailand its actually from Brazil and its Brazilian name is Hevea brasiliensis and it is mostly found in the Amazon Rain forest where it shares with other south american countries such as Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru and Bolivia.