Ficus benjamina, commonly known as weeping fig, benjamin fig or ficus tree, and often sold in stores as just ficus. It is the official tree of Bangkok. It is evergreen tree, 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 through pink or orange-red to black. ‘Variegata’ has white-splashed leaves.
