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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: Rainforest Alliance - Rubber Tree.	Gloria Lotha	May 28, 2021
	Corrected display issue.	Adam Augustyn	Mar 03, 2020
	Add new Web site: Feedipedia - Rubber.	Gloria Lotha	Dec 27, 2019
	Add new Web site: Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research - Hevea brasiliensis.	Grace Young	Feb 04, 2013
	Add new Web site: Rubber Board - Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India - Rubber Cultivation.	Marco Sampaolo	Aug 06, 2012
	Add new Web site: Rubber Board - Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India - Rubber Cultivation.	Marco Sampaolo	Aug 06, 2012
	Add new Web site: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Hevea brasiliensis.	Vivek Abhinav	Jun 20, 2012
	Add new Web site: Purdue University - Hevea brasiliensis (Willd.) Muell.-Arg.	Vivek Abhinav	Jun 20, 2012
	Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Rubber Plant Care.	Vivek Abhinav	Jun 20, 2012
	Add new Web site: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - Hevea brasiliensis.	Vivek Abhinav	Jun 20, 2012
	Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Hevea Brasiliensis Latex Allergens.	Marco Sampaolo	May 21, 2012
	Add new Web site: American Society of Plant Biologists - Plant Physiology - The Latex of Hevea Brasiliensis.	Marco Sampaolo	May 21, 2012
	Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Hevea Brasiliensis Latex Allergens.	Marco Sampaolo	May 21, 2012
	Add new Web site: American Society of Plant Biologists - Plant Physiology - The Latex of Hevea Brasiliensis.	Marco Sampaolo	May 21, 2012
	Photograph of rubber trees added.	Robert Curley	Jan 28, 2011
	New article added.	William L. Hosch	Mar 12, 2009