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The rubber tree is a tree native to the Amazon River basin, where there was abundant and uniquely, features that have generated the extraction and called the rubber boom, a period in Brazilian history of great wealth and strength for the Amazonian region. The species was introduced in Bahia by 1906

Currently, the State of São Paulo is the largest producer of natural rubber, the statistics show. Recently the demand for rubber has grown tremendously due to the quality of the material in comparison with materials produced from fossil fuels, and concern for the environment. Although new states like Mato Grosso, are also producing rubber, Brazil only produces 35% of its consumption, ie, much of the rubber is consumed importad

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