Rubber plant botanically known as Ficus elastica Roxb. is a large or medium house plant with beautiful foliage belonging to the fig genus and Moraceae family. The plant is native to Indian Sub-continent (i.e. Bhutan, northern India and Nepal) and south-eastern Asia (i.e. Myanmar and Indonesia). It has become naturalized in Sri Lanka, the West Indies, and the US State of Florida and propagates mainly by seeds, cuttings or layering. The plant has beautiful plastic-like leaves which gives the plant a unique appearance and adds up the artistic sense of the room.