Guayule - An easy-growing shrub for pure rubber latex to make tires of future vehicles
Rubber trees (Hevea) are the king in the rubber world, in fact many other trees can still exploit latex such as dandelions but Hevea is still the main source of natural rubber forEnvironmentally friendly tires
Prototype tires are manufactured using Russian dandelion and guayule (chrysanthemum). This study was carried out at the Neiker-Tecnalia laboratory, one of 12 European centers