Question

Plants yields latex is

• A. Ficus
• B. Sonchus
• C. Calotropis
• D. All of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is D All of the above

Latex as found in nature is a milky fluid found in 10% of all flowering plants (angiosperms). It is a complex emulsion consisting of proteins, alkaloids, starches, sugars, oils, tannins, resins and gums that coagulate on exposure to air. It is usually exuded after tissue injury.

Ficus elastica yields a milky white latex, a chemical compound separate from its sap and carried and stored in different cells. This latex was formerly used to make rubber.

Calotropis is a genus of flowering plants, which are commonly known as milkweeds, because of the latex they produce.

Plants of genus Sonchus contains milky latex in stem.