TREES

Plant Name:

FICUS BENJAMINA

Description:

 

Evergreen tree or large shrub, sometimes a strangler, with slender, arching to pendent stems and ovate-elliptic, thinly leathery, glossy leaves, dark green above, lighter beneath, 5-13cm long, each tapering to a slender, twisted point. Spherical to oblong figs, 1cm long, produced in pairs, mature from green to pink or orange-red to black.

SYNOPSIS
Mature Size / Spread / Form   12 -15m / Weeping habit
Foliage Color Deep green
Growth Rate Slow
Sunlight tolerance Medium
Wind tolerance Low
Salinity tolerance Low
Drought tolerance Low
Family name MORACEAE