Sri Lanka,ශ්‍රී ලංකා,Ceylon,Rubber, Latex collection Jungle Plantation

Collecting Latex, a natural product coming out of the core of trees is a daily duty of the collectors who walk through the plantation and empty the little coconut shells attached to the wounded trees.The Rubber Latex Trees were introduced to Sri Lanka by British Planters in the 19th century hoping to gain money beside the uneasy coffee and already started Tea production, a plant also imported for Business purposes by the same Colonists.About Latex: Latex is the stable dispersion (emulsion) of polymer microparticles in an aqueous medium. Latexes may be natural or synthetic. Latex as found in nature is a milky fluid found in 10% of all flowering plants (angiosperms).[1] It is a complex emulsion consisting of proteins, alkaloids, starches, sugars, oils, tannins, resins, and gums that coagulates on exposure to air. It is usually exuded after tissue injury. In most plants, latex is white, but some have yellow, orange, or scarlet latex. Since the 17th century, latex has been used as a term for the fluid substance in plants.[2] It serves mainly as defense against herbivorous insects.[1] Many people are allergic to latex. The word is also used to refer to natural latex rubber; particularly for non-vulcanized rubber. Such is the case in products like latex gloves, latex condoms and latex clothing.It can also be made synthetically by polymerizing a monomer such as styrene that has been emulsified with surfactants.(wikipedia)