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wild rubber

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wild rubber
n
(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) rubber obtained from uncultivated rubber trees
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They argue that Malaysian plantations were able to replace Brazilian wild rubber production by the early twentieth century because of the inability of Brazilian producers to discipline their workers (and thus lower costs), as well as because it was impossible to establish efficient rubber plantations in Brazil since (unlike in Asia) native diseases devastated trees planted together.
From Silver to Cocaine: Latin American Commodity Chains and the ... by Langer, Erick D. / Journal of Social History
The Congo Reform Movement, for example, developed the image of "Red Rubber" to connect the wild rubber from the Congo with the blood spilled by the Congo's inhabitants, who were forced to gather it.
Imagining the Congo: The International Relations of Identity by McSherry, Brendan / African Studies Quarterly
Much of its raw material, latex, was tapped from wild rubber trees scattered throughout Brazil's virgin forests and marketed by.
CRUISING THE RIVER SEA by McIntyre, Loren / Americas (English Edition)
 
 
 
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