Rubber Plant AKA: Ficus elastica, The Rubber Fig, Rubber Bush, Rubber Tree, Rubber Plant, or Indian rubber bush, Indian rubber tree… The rubber plant is a popular plant to enhance the beauty of your indoor and outdoor spaces. Rubber plant is evergreen tropical plant in Moraceae family. Rubber plant have thick multiple trunks, and a spreading, irregular canopy with thick, glossy evergreen simple elliptic leaves. Light: This houseplant wants to be in bright, indirect sunlight. Too much sun may harm the leaves, too little and your plant won’t grow much! Place it somewhere it receives a couple of hours of direct sun at most. Water: Rubber plants’ water needs vary according to season: In the summer, the plant should be kept moist. This includes wiping the leaves with a damp cloth or even misting them. During winter plant may only need less water. Watch for droopy leaves, which indicate a need for more water. Leaves that turn yellow and brown and drop signal over-watering.