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Plant Kingdom

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Source of commercial chewing gum latex is

  • Hevea brasiliensis

  • Carica papaya

  • Ficus elastica

  • Achras sapota

Solution

D.

Achras sapota

The latex of some plants is commercially important such as

(i) Source of commercial rubber is latex of Hevea brasiliensis, Ficus elastica, Cryptostegia. Maniho glaziou
(ii) Source of chewing or chickle gum is latex of Achras sapota
(iii) Source of enzyme papain is latex of Carica papaya

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