Editing Ficus benjamina (section)

{{Short description|Species of fig}}
{{speciesbox
|image = Starr-080608-7576-Ficus benjamina-habit with Laysan albatross-Gym Sand Island-Midway Atoll (24823189861).jpg
|status = LC
|status_system = IUCN3.1
|status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author=Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI). |author2=IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group. |year=2019 |title=''Ficus benjamina'' |volume=2019 |page=e.T145362709A145370980 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T145362709A145370980.en |access-date=23 January 2023}}</ref>
|genus = Ficus
|parent = Ficus subg. Urostigma
|species = benjamina
|display_parents = 4
|authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]] 1767<ref name=TPL>{{ThePlantList | id = kew-2809661 | taxon = Ficus benjamina | authority = L. | access-date = 2015-07-19 | archive-date=June 1, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601165248/http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2809661}}</ref>
| synonyms = {{collapsible list|bullets = true
|title=<small>Synonymy</small>
|''Ficus benjamina'' var. ''bracteata'' <small>Corner</small>
|''Ficus benjamina'' var ''comosa'' <small>(Roxb.) Kurz</small>
|''Ficus benjamina'' subsp. ''comosa'' <small>(Roxb.) Panigrahi & Murti</small>
|''Ficus benjamina'' var. ''comosa'' <small>King</small>
|''Ficus benjamina'' var. ''haematocarpa'' <small>(Blume ex Decne.) Miq.</small>
|''Ficus benjamina'' var. ''nuda'' <small>(Miq.) M.F.Barrett</small>
|''Ficus benjamina'' f. ''warringiana'' <small>M.F.Barrett</small>
|''Ficus comosa'' <small>Roxb.</small>
|''Ficus cuspidatocaudata'' <small>Hayata</small>
|''Ficus dictyophylla'' <small>Wall. [Invalid]</small>
|''Ficus haematocarpa'' <small>Blume ex Decne.</small>
|''Ficus lucida '' <small>Aiton</small>
|''Ficus neglecta'' <small>Decne.</small>
|''Ficus nepalensis'' <small>Blanco</small>
|''Ficus nitida'' <small>Thunb.</small>
|''Ficus notobor'' <small>Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. [Invalid]</small>
|''Ficus nuda'' <small>(Miq.) Miq.</small>
|''Ficus papyrifera'' <small>Griff.</small>
|''Ficus parvifolia'' <small>Oken</small>
|''Ficus pendula '' <small>Link</small>
|''Ficus pyrifolia'' <small>Salisb. [Illegitimate]</small>
|''Ficus reclinata'' <small>Desf.</small>
|''Ficus retusa'' var. ''nitida'' <small>(Thunb.) Miq.</small>
|''Ficus striata'' <small>Roth</small>
|''Ficus umbrina'' <small>Elmer</small>
|''Ficus xavieri'' <small>Merr.</small>
|''Urostigma benjaminum'' var. ''nudum'' <small>Miq.</small>
|''Urostigma neglectum'' <small>Miq. Unresolved</small>
|''Urostigma nudum'' <small>Miq.</small> }}
|synonyms_ref = <ref name=TPL/>
|range_map = Ficus benjamina distribution.jpg
|range_map_caption = Range of the species ''Ficus benjamina''.
}}

'''''Ficus benjamina''''', commonly known as '''weeping fig''', '''benjamin fig'''<ref name=GRIN>{{GRIN | access-date=2009-02-17}}</ref> or '''ficus tree''' and often sold in stores as just '''ficus''', is a [[species]] of [[flowering plant]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Moraceae]], [[native plant|native]] to Asia and Australia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200006350|title=Ficus benjamina in Flora of China @ efloras.org|website=www.efloras.org}}</ref> It is the official tree of [[Bangkok]]. The species is also naturalized in the [[West Indies]] and in the states of [[Florida]] and [[Arizona]] in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Ficus%20benjamina.png|title=Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=200006350|title=Ficus benjamina in Flora of North America @ efloras.org|website=www.efloras.org}}</ref> Its small fruit are favored by some birds.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Frith, H.J.|author2= Rome, F.H.J.C. |author3= Wolfe, T.O. |name-list-style=amp  |year=1976|title=Food of fruit-pigeons in New Guinea|journal=[[Emu (journal)|Emu]]|volume=76|issue=2|pages=49–58 |doi=10.1071/MU9760049|bibcode= 1976EmuAO..76...49F |url=http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/96/paper/MU9760049.htm|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Ficus trees have proved to have environmental benefits in urban areas, such as acting as biomonitors. The species is also associated with some allergens.