Bengt Lundberg / Man tapping Rubber tree {Hevea brasiliensis} for latex / sap, Malaysia.

Adrian Davies / Bleeding Mycena (Mycena haematopus) Note drops of blood-red latex on stem and cap, UK

Nick Garbutt / Collecting latex from Rubber tree {Hevea brasiliensis} Malawi, Southern Africa

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Drying latex from rubber plantation, Nilambur, Kerala, Southern India

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Drying latex from rubber plantation, Nilambur, Kerala, India

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Transporting latex rubber ball by boat to market, Acre, Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Amazonas theatre, built 1896 during latex rubber boom, Manaus city, Amazonas, Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Thatched hut for smoking latex and extracting rubber ball, Acre, Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Smoking latex of Rubber tree and extracting rubber ball, Acre, Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Smoking latex ball of rubber tree {Hevea brasiliensis} Brazil