While the rubber trees are immature, selected legume cover crops such as Pueraria phoseoloides, Culopogonium mucunoides and Centrosemu pubescens may be grown on rubber plantations. Intercropping can be carried out with coconut trees and banana plants within the rubber plantation. Sometimes banana alone is used as an intercrop. Intercropping can also be carried out with rice, longgong, mangosteen, satow, bamboo, jampada, riang, durian, pineapple, coffee trees, neem and hot pepper (ITTO, 2000). Intercropping while the rubber trees are immature can generate extra income, and make farming at the rubber plantation more intensive. The.
