Editing Ficus benjamina (section)

==Description==
''Ficus benjamina'' is a [[tree]] reaching {{convert|30|m|ft|abbr=in}} tall in natural conditions, with gracefully drooping branchlets and glossy [[leaf|leaves]] {{convert|6|-|13|cm|abbr=in|frac=8}}, oval with an [[Glossary of leaf morphology|acuminate]] tip. The [[bark (botany)|bark]] is light gray and smooth. The bark of young branches is brownish. The widely spread, highly branching tree top often covers a diameter of {{convert|10|m}}. It is a relatively small-leaved fig. The changeable leaves are simple, entire and stalked. The [[petiole (botany)|petiole]] is {{convert|1|to|2.5|cm|in|abbr=in|frac=8}} long. The young foliage is light green and slightly wavy, the older leaves are green and smooth; the leaf blade is [[Glossary of botanical terms#ovate|ovate]] to ovate-[[lanceolate]] with wedge-shaped to broadly rounded base and ends with a short dropper tip. The pale glossy to dull leaf blade is {{convert|5|to|12|cm|in|abbr=in|frac=2}} cm long and {{convert|2|to|6|cm|in|abbr=in|frac=2}} wide. Near the leaf margins are yellow crystal cells ("cystolites"). The two membranous, deciduous [[stipule]]s are not fused, lanceolate and {{convert|6|to|12|mm|in|abbr=in|frac=16}} (rarely to {{convert|15|mm|in|abbr=in|frac=16|disp=or}}) long.<ref>Wolverton, BC (1996) How to Grow Fresh Air . New York: Penguin Books.</ref>

''F. benjamina'' is [[Monoecy|monoecious]]. The [[inflorescence]]s are spherical to egg-shaped, shiny green, and have a diameter of {{convert|1.5|cm|in|abbr=in|frac=2}}. In the inflorescences are three types of flowers: male and fertile and [[Sterility (physiology)|sterile]] female flowers. The scattered, inflorescences, stalked, male flowers have free [[sepal]]s and a [[stamen]]. Many fertile female flowers are [[Sessility (botany)|sessile]] and have three or four sepals and an egg-shaped [[Ovary (botany)|ovary]]. The more or less lateral style ends in an enlarged scar.{{cn|date=March 2023}} Pollination of F. benjamina only occurs with a specific type of wasp that live symbiotically together.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Starr, Starr, Loope |first=Forest, Kim, Lloyd |date=January 2003 |title=Ficus benjamina |url=http://www.starrenvironmental.com/publications/species_reports/pdf/ficus_benjamina.pdf |journal=[[Biological Resources Division]]}}</ref>  

The ripe figs (collective fruit) are orange-red and have a diameter of {{convert|2.0|to|2.5|cm|in|abbr=in|frac=8}}.{{cn|date=March 2023}}

The tree is treated as an ornamental bush and indoor plant in many places. But it is one of the best shade trees. It can grow to enormous size. Its capability of [[carbon sequestration]] is also good.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Fernandes Barros, do Amaral, Thereza Fonseca, Pereira dos Santos, Barcellos de Souza, de Alvarenga Pereira Costa, Rita Scotti |first=Beatriz, Rubens, Maria, Gabriel, Gisela, Stael, Maria |date=July 16, 2024 |title=Old-growth Ficus trees provide soil water and carbon storage to urban greenspaces in a Brazilian metropolis |url=https://pdf.sciencedirectassets.com/320499/1-s2.0-S2590252024X00033/1-s2.0-S259025202400031X/main.pdf?X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEBwaCXVzLWVhc3QtMSJHMEUCIQCQsyr8hPKU0j4wwi3MvZJU1y%2FQnbjncNdYrIx6ggg%2BFgIgdQ6H0GZ%2Fre%2BgGpgRgPRLG%2F7Ns771xMiu0PaoeJ%2B0y7MqvAUItP%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FARAFGgwwNTkwMDM1NDY4NjUiDJlWFEpnMOk31UY4cyqQBV%2FZZRwZqcLnJKmj8LC1ad%2F%2FeaR73ei4t6QAXbMQUbuBOZDwrThNmD%2FQA5e52pG8h0ww9j9ldYRKrFO1HDpvw93E4nrQDonGXsakUWH%2F2HKQ32047uRCmRvMKJ2A32jmSI3hMUjeCDr%2BW1TIvA1cflhCuen5VrwejSGmO8Hki351IoV7l3La7VueJCCp3z5jGDrQv1GzUvjCv4GmJjnC%2Fbl%2FotPkdtRF%2FRXpneF7iRlV5%2BKwBqO5T%2F5c8eq5ASnNvI1IDsjEktZ5IZ%2BCqG05FHoYUYmcJkk5yaqCa8LVqWp6aubCP55BgDKPjR0g6FxANh5iAFh3ArjBbr6QfhQZ6LCfAG9wfd0EAS287og4iRzLMlsF1Lbc8OXYUP2SUDeJmN2Y9miJwZak%2Fv0KLHZsKRerebnGccyksKQSHN5itMohO4xpE67tbEogjUFsxO%2FSJDOo0U29aZDppZYTGEqcP7zneVl47iMGh3VLJxP42oBuQAq74qdoGqa4%2FlsColvYEKs3Dl8VJWgdVAZdiIZr5brvcSBcX6FroFvAPScE4NKi0uKv1Uf2ZiyHtvIrB%2BuwSwSfR1SCir1sEnKWtk2MZFDvFmihwTfpDr6FB%2Fclj1TPrON547ayNAZx06Lvo5SdpAYIdqxnblyxpKdOhB61%2FYxgq3h6CpUdLEr6Zw59KQbgotXkoZUGto4PzOd7TQlsxlI1IrMK8W1d0zclmWuY4uBdA%2FtHeBh99E4XPxnmIh6trIvy%2FhXfyVpGrgUBenjc%2F0REKSfzK%2BQ4%2BiP5sx8PP%2BYYHrbloCJIYYlpPZSsGYdArZnh2lt8kFgV9OzYtuwUens%2F1%2FsMRvVpFtEuCqVtKzRP9jE6PVVsY8ZG8fu5RcMyMJzw%2F7kGOrEBm%2BPBiDI5eN1UIuHeX6zjPATC7OC%2Bebi1bL2RTrnVQ3zzhmvDLocC2Ndpgij8Q9S%2Fxkhsrb4SXY2wZFuvcKOWwyULgZVpLPIObvIs29nB5b%2FYesY6jYMBMfCPNjHjNzTuWdG3dWeVIg3HmV23iqPSb3hdJa2uVzJ%2FkLBf0i3VDebE4pqqh54FEfYrAFVYGTkT2uwTRJ1T1x71iqKdEQoi%2BrDVvmv8Ef15n4gB3Esp5l9V&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Date=20241122T051103Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-Credential=ASIAQ3PHCVTYQ275YQND%2F20241122%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Signature=d863fb43c0e523f59d43fd62d944279006292649576af958fcc3e21406b69ea2&hash=cf41034a873e17d849b3d938a1e600239adcdda0006367054f4c59da51ef6de5&host=68042c943591013ac2b2430a89b270f6af2c76d8dfd086a07176afe7c76c2c61&pii=S259025202400031X&tid=spdf-7f3f5a5b-2ba8-455f-9617-f1d1a464a8b2&sid=0e601d77641b194232281f929a369ad94885gxrqa&type=client&tsoh=d3d3LnNjaWVuY2VkaXJlY3QuY29t&ua=0f155b0b54555506065850&rr=8e666aa62d2175f2&cc=us |journal=[[City and Environmental Interactions]]|volume=24 |doi=10.1016/j.cacint.2024.100171 }}</ref>