Rubber plant varieties and leaf colors

Choose a rubber plant by foliage: Tineke is cream-and-green variegated, Robusta is glossy dark green, Decora has a pale midrib, and Abidjan has bronze undersides.

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Check the species, variety, group or trade name

Plant names and labels

Taxonomy
The target is the accepted species Ficus elastica. The RHS named profiles are cultivars within this species, not separate rubber-plant species. A nursery label or photograph does not prove a cultivar identity when no name is supplied.
Group
Useful named comparison points include dark-green ‘Robusta’, cream-and-green variegated ‘Tineke’, ‘Decora’ with glossy dark-green foliage and a pale midrib, and ‘Abidjan’ with dark-green foliage and bronze undersides. This is a sample, not a complete cultivar list.

Compare visible shape, pattern and size

How the varieties differ

The visible choice is foliage: ‘Tineke’ is variegated with dark green and cream, ‘Robusta’ is dark glossy green, ‘Decora’ has a pale midrib and reddish undersides, and ‘Abidjan’ has bronze undersides with dark red midribs.

Change care only for a named difference

Care differences

RHS gives the named forms a shared bright filtered or indirect-light, moderate-watering, and monthly high-nitrogen growth baseline. Variegated ‘Tineke’ needs adequate brightness to maintain its pattern. No form receives a proven separate watering, fertilizer, or humidity threshold.

Treat an unverified identity as uncertain

Limits of plant labels

Sources