Ficus nitida
Weeping fig · also Benjamin fig, Ficus tree, Benjamín
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A large tree with dense, glossy green foliage, often forming a broad canopy, and featuring aerial roots that can create a sculptural appearance. It is a popular choice for urban landscapes, providing shade and attracting birds with its small, inconspicuous fruits, and is known for its resilience and environmental benefits as a biomonitor.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 1260.09%—12 in
No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.
Traits
- Form
- Broadleaf
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 25–60 ft
- Canopy spread
- 35–40 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Drought tolerance
- Moderate
- Pollution tolerance
- High
- Wildlife value
- Moderate
- Blooms
- Jan, Feb, Dec
Trunk diameters across every city: median 12 in, mean 12 in, 90th percentile 18 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
- Central Range Papuan montane rain forests
- Louisiade Archipelago rain forests
- Northern New Guinea lowland rain and freshwater swamp forests
- Northern New Guinea montane rain forests
- Southeast Papuan rain forests
- Southern New Guinea freshwater swamp forests
- Southern New Guinea lowland rain forests
- Andaman Islands rain forests
- Borneo lowland rain forests
- Borneo montane rain forests
- Borneo peat swamp forests
- East Deccan moist deciduous forests
- Hainan Island monsoon rain forests
- Maldives-Lakshadweep-Chagos Archipelago tropical moist forests
- Myanmar coastal rain forests
- Nicobar Islands rain forests
- Northern Thailand-Laos moist deciduous forests
- South China Sea Islands
- South China-Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests
- Southwest Borneo freshwater swamp forests
Tropical & Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
- Lesser Sundas deciduous forests
- East Deccan dry-evergreen forests
Other Ficus in the catalogue
24 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
