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Penang Botanic Gardens Plant Collection

Ficus benjamina L. (MORACEAE)

Posted at — Nov 13, 2019
Waringin, Beringin

Description

Large strangling fig, crown with drooping branches and few aerial roots. Leaves 3-11 cm long, elliptic, secondary nerves many. Figs on leafy twigs, rounded or ovate, sessile, 0.8-1.25 cm across, ripening pink, orange-red to cherry red.


Ecology

Common as strangling epiphytes on roadside trees.

Distribution

Widespread in India, S China throughout SE Asia to Solomon Islands and N Australia.

Uses

Commonly planted as an ornamental.