Ficus benjamina
Weeping Fig, Benjamin tree, Benjamin's fig, Ficus Tree, Java fig, Small-leaved Rubber Plant, Tropical Laurel, Ficus, Javatree, Malayan banyan, Benjamin Fig, Benjamin-tree, Oval-leaf Figtree, Tropic-laurel, Weeping-laurel, Chinese Banyan, Bingin, Ficus benjamina
Description
Medium-sized evergreen perennial shrub or tree. The slightly pendulous branches bear abundant, glossy, thin oval leaves which give the plant a high ornamental value and a focal role in indoor design. It requires a warm temperate climate and high filtered light.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Magnoliophyta
- Class
- Angiospermae
- Order
- Rosales
- Family
- Moraceae
- Genus
- Ficus
- Species
- Ficus benjamina
Synonyms (21)
- Ficus benjaminoides
- Ficus comosa
- Ficus cuspidatocaudata
- Ficus haematocarpa
- Ficus lucida
- Ficus neglecta
- Ficus nepalensis
- Ficus nitida
- Ficus nuda
- Ficus papyrifera
- Ficus parvifolia
- Ficus pendula
- Ficus reclinata
- Ficus striata
- Ficus umbrina
- Ficus xavieri
- Urostigma benjaminum
- Urostigma haematocarpum
- Urostigma neglectum
- Urostigma nitidum
- Urostigma nudum
