EPPO Global Database

Ficus benjamina(FIUBE)

Overview
Code created in: 2001-10-21

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: FIUBE
  • Preferred name: Ficus benjamina
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Malesia, China (southern), New Guinea, Australia (Northern, Queensland), Pacific islands. Cultivated as an ornamental,  most frequently as a houseplant, with many cultivars. Introduced in USA (Florida), Caribbean


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Ficus nitida Thunberg

Common names
Name Language
Benjamin's fig English
Benjamin tree English (US)
ficus tree English
Java fig English
small-leaved rubber plant English
tropical laurel English
weeping fig English
Benjamini German
Birkenfeige German
figuier benjamina French
figuier pleureur French
benjamín Spanish
ficus benjamina Spanish
higuera llorona Spanish
jagüey Spanish
laurel de la India Spanish
matapalo Spanish
ficus beniamino Italian
baniaanboom Dutch
treurvijg Dutch
waringin Dutch
fico-chorão Portuguese
figueira-benjamim Portuguese
benjaminfikus Swedish
benjamin Japanese
benjamin-gomu-no-ki Japanese
ベンジャミン Japanese
ベンジャミンゴムノキ Japanese
фикус бенджамина Russian
birkefigen Danish
figowiec benjamina Polish
chuí yè róng Chinese
垂叶榕 Chinese
waringin Indonesian