Ficus benjamina L.
Campus Location
Rajagiri Business School, Valley Campus, Kakkanad
Systematic position
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Streptophyta
Class: Equisetopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Weeping Fig tree is native to Asia and Australia, reaching 30 m tall in natural conditions, with gracefully drooping branchlets and glossy leaves. The widely spread, highly branching tree top often covers a diameter of 10 metres, relatively small-leaved fig. The plant is monoecious, spherical to egg-shaped, shiny green inflorescences. The ripe figs are orange-red.
- It is one of the best ornamental and shade trees.
- Its capability of carbon sequestration is also good.
Ficus benjamina L.
Campus Location
Rajagiri Business School, Valley Campus, Kakkanad
Systematic position
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Streptophyta
Class: Equisetopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Weeping Fig tree is native to Asia and Australia, reaching 30 m tall in natural conditions, with gracefully drooping branchlets and glossy leaves. The widely spread, highly branching tree top often covers a diameter of 10 metres, relatively small-leaved fig. The plant is monoecious, spherical to egg-shaped, shiny green inflorescences. The ripe figs are orange-red.
- It is one of the best ornamental and shade trees.
- Its capability of carbon sequestration is also good.