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Revision as of 06:03, 2 November 2009


Weepingfig.jpg.jpg


Plant Characteristics
Habit   tree

Height: ⇕ 30 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 30.
Lifespan: ⌛ perennial
Origin: ✈ India
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ sun, part-sun, shade
Water: ◍ moist, moderate
Features: ✓ evergreen, foliage, indoor"Indoor" is not in the list (evergreen, deciduous, flowers, fragrance, edible, fruit, naturalizes, invasive, foliage, birds, ...) of allowed values for the "Features" property.
USDA Zones: 10 to 11
Sunset Zones: 13, 17, 19-25, 27, indoor
Scientific Names

Moraceae >

Ficus >

benjamina >



Read about Ficus benjamina in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Ficus benjamina, Linn. A tree with small lvs., and smooth throughout: lvs. thin, not much coriaceous, shining, ovate-elliptic, entire, the apex sharply acuminate, 2-4½ in- long; lateral primary nerves very numerous, freely intermingling near the margins of the lvs.: frs. in pairs, axillary and sessile, smooth and blood-red when ripe. Malayan Penins. K. 52. 83h. Ficus benjamina Var. comosa, Kurz. Fig. 1504. Sepals lanceolate-acuminate rather than spatulate: fr. ¾ in. diam., narrowed at base rather than globose or ovoid. CH


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Weeping Fig has been shown by NASA to effectively filter indoor air toxinswp.

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