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title: "I have a question. The app is showing that this plant is a rubber…"
description: "I have a question. The app is showing that this plant is a rubber plant , but on the tag it’s showing something different. Which plant is it?"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Erica"
published: "2026-06-27T22:13:23.627103Z"
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# I have a question. The app is showing that this plant is a rubber…

_Posted by Erica on 2026-06-27_

I have a question. The app is showing that this plant is a rubber plant , but on the tag it’s showing something different. Which plant is it?

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## 2 comments

### Nicolee commented on 2026-06-27

It’s in the “Ficus” family!

### Waspinator commented on 2026-06-28

It's a ficus hybrid. A pure f. microcarpa would have much smaller leaves; this one is probably a cross between that and one of the bigger leaf species. Ficus elastica is the rubber plant, and it is a large leaf species in the same family. For care I'd recommend looking up both the microcarpa and the elastica. If they're different, just kind of split the difference and then do trial and error to find its preferences

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