| Scientific Name: | Ficus benjamina |
| Common Name: | weeping ficus, weeping fig |
| Family Name: | Moraceae |
| Origin: | Australia / New Zealand |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 10: (-1 to 4 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen, Indoor foliage plant |
| Mature Size: | 22 - 30m x 10 - 15m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Upright |
| Form: | Irregular, Oval - vertical, Weeping |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Indoor plant, Specimen plant |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Lustrous, Elliptic, Ovate |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, White, Brown, Mar-Apr |
| Fruit: | Multiple fruit, (Accessory tissue), Orange, Red, Black, May-Jun |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, blades elliptic to ovate, 5-8(-12)cm long x 2-4(-6)cm wide, apex long pointed tip, glossy, leathery with undulating margin, petioles 1-2cm long, stipules narrow, shedding; branchlets thin and weak; bark smooth, pale greyish-brown (potted plants may have trunks twisted or braided). | |