🌳Amazonian Plant Medicine
Shiringa (Rubber Tree)
Hevea brasiliensis
About Shiringa (Rubber Tree)
Shiringa (Rubber Tree) (Hevea brasiliensis) is a herb used in the Amazonian Plant Medicine tradition to help with Wound Healing, Skin Health, Inflammation, and Digestive Issues. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, used both internally and topically.
Botanical background
Hevea brasiliensis, the Pará rubber tree, sharinga tree, seringueira, or, most commonly, the rubber tree or rubber plant, is a tree belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae. It is the most economically important member of the genus Hevea because the milky latex extracted from the tree is the primary source of natural rubber.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Aerial Parts · bothLeaves · both