Latex
There are many uses for trees and their fruits that have nothing to do with making products and furniture, or anything to do with the structural part of the plant at all. Cultural history is full of references to liquid remedies, ointments and potions that are derived from trees: for example, the ashes of the beech tree are used for making soap and Maple syrup is refined to create castor oil, which is then used to make Nylon replacements for cellulose such as Tencel® and Rayon®. Latex is the sap of another plant derivative, extracted from the milky juice of several rubber-yielding plants, including the rubber tree.
As with most derivatives of anything that is grown, the properties of latex vary depending on the type of tree it’s taken from; ...
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