Product name: Eucommia Ulmoides
P.E. CAS NO: *******9
Description: Eucommia is a genus of small trees now native to
China, with a fossil record that shows a much wider distribution.
The single living species, Eucommia ulmoides, is near threatened in
the wild, but is widely cultivated in China for its bark, and is
highly valued in herbology such as Traditional Chinese
medicine. Eucommia is the sole member of the family
Eucommiaceae, and was formerly considered to be a separate order,
the Eucommiales. The modern species is sometimes known as the "hard
rubber tree", "Gutta-percha tree" or "Chinese rubber tree", but is
not related to either the true Gutta-percha tree of southeastern
Asia, nor to the South American rubber tree.
