Natural rubber is obtained
from latex, a milky liquid present in either the latex vessels
(ducts) or in the cells of rubber-producing plants.
Around *0,**0 species of plants produce latex, but only 2,**0
species have been found to contain rubber in their
latex.
Natural rubber
is polyisoprene
in which monomer units are of isoprene i,e *-methyl*1,3
butadiene. Natural rubber is obtained in the form
of solid particles suspended in a milky white liquid
(called latex) that drips from the bark of certain
tropical and subtropical trees.
