Moreover, for reasons not fully understood even by the experts, it is much wiser to tap a tree early, early in the morning; a tree that is tapped at 5AM produces 25% more latex than one that is tapped a few hours later. It has something to do with turgor pressure and the temperature of the tree as compared to the air. Tappers who work at private plantations here in Malaysia, therefore, are expected to tap their trees around 4AM; in Ghana, tappers were often finishing their tasks around 10 or 11AM.