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Natural rubber

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Trees make a white liquid.

Latex being collected from a tapped rubber tree.jpg
Latex being collected from a tapped rubber tree.jpg
It is very sticky. People collect it from tree bark. We use it to make many things. It can stretch and bounce. Do you like rubber toys?
Rubber boots.jpg
Rubber boots.jpg

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File:Caoutchouc naturel.jpg
Caoutchouc naturel.jpg
File:Latex - Hevea - Cameroun.JPG
Latex - Hevea - Cameroun.JPG
File:Rubber tree plantation Thailand タイのゴム園 DSC05246.jpg
Rubber tree plantation Thailand タイのゴム園...
File:Isoprene-Structure.svg
Isoprene-Structure.svg
File:Enslaved natives with a load of rubber weighing 75 kilos, they have journeyed 100 kilometers with no food given.jpg
Enslaved natives with a load of rubber...
File:Latex being collected from a tapped rubber tree.jpg
Latex being collected from a tapped...
File:Koh Chang, Thailand, Rubber tapping, Latex.jpg
Koh Chang, Thailand, Rubber tapping, Latex.jpg
File:RubberSyn&Natural.png
RubberSyn&Natural.png
File:Rubber trees in Kerala, India.jpg
Rubber trees in Kerala, India.jpg
File:Natural rubber.jpg
Natural rubber.jpg
File:Vintage tobacco card, Tapping a Rubber Tree, India, Products of the World series, Player's Cigarettes, 1909.jpg
Vintage tobacco card, Tapping a Rubber...
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Ceylon rubber.jpg

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