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Latex flowing from a Rubber Tree |
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| Title: | Latex flowing from a Rubber Tree |
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| Image number: | DTA00631 |
| Author: | Tiit Aunaste |
| Related keywords: | bark, tree, Thailand, stem, rubber, plantation, latex, flowing, cutting, cut |
| Related categories: | Agriculture, Asia, Trees, Travel |
| Usage rights: | Advertising Free |
| Description: | Orginially collected from wild trees in South America, now 90% of rubber production comes from plantations of rubber trees in Southeast Asia. At the bottom of the spiral cut a spout is inserted and the latex flow directed into a glass collection cup held around the tree trunk by a spring. Each night a new thin layer of bark is removed lowering the spiral slightly. Once each tree is tapped, the worker waits until morning to collect the latex. |