A latex allergy occurs when the immune system responds abnormally to latex, which comes from the sap of the rubber tree, Hevea brasiliensis, found in Africa and Southeast Asia. Latex is found in a ...

Today, though, almost all of the world’s rubber supply comes from Hevea brasiliensis, also called the Pará rubber tree.

DURING the early years of rubber planting in the East considerable optimism prevailed in certain quarters as to the powers of the Para rubber-tree (Hevea brasiliensis) to resist disease in its new ...