Plant Latex- A Concise Review on the Exudate

In this review article, an effort has been made to provide basic knowledge about plant latex. In this paper, the origin and evolutionary aspects of latex has been mentioned. The geographical distribution and classification along with the physical and anatomical traits have also been brought into limelight. Moreover, the presence of phytochemicals, proteins and variation of the content of rubber in latex has been referred in the paper respectively. This paper would be of great help in gaining deeper knowledge about the plant latex for future researches.