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Weeping Fig with human scale Ficus benjamina tree with my colleague next to it for size comparison. Weeping figs are called for their long drooping leaves that shows it looks sad. This is from a large fig tree standing out in an oil palm plantation, probably fully covered the original host tree. It was fruiting heavily and producing lots of fig wasps which attracts lots of swifts flying around. All fruit stages are observed. This plantation company has some good fig trees growing in their land and my organization has obtained permission to collect and grow these fig trees in our reforestation sites.<br />
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Weeping Fig with human scale

Ficus benjamina tree with my colleague next to it for size comparison. Weeping figs are called for their long drooping leaves that shows it looks sad. This is from a large fig tree standing out in an oil palm plantation, probably fully covered the original host tree. It was fruiting heavily and producing lots of fig wasps which attracts lots of swifts flying around. All fruit stages are observed. This plantation company has some good fig trees growing in their land and my organization has obtained permission to collect and grow these fig trees in our reforestation sites.

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  1. I do love the form of these trees - they are native here in Australia as well as Asia. But those I've seen here are much fuller in the crown, more spread out horizontally. I read that these trees scored highly in the NASA Clean Air Study for its effectiveness in removing formaldehyde from the air.

    For comparison and interest, one in Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney (internet image)....https://i1.wp.com/gardendrum.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Ficus-in-Sydney-Botanic-Gardens.jpg
    Posted 4 years ago, modified 4 years ago
  2. Oh yes some of the weeping fig tree I found here are similar to your ones in Australia. I think this tree grows depending on its surroundings. It was kind of tight and crowded in this plantation so it has to grow upwards and the ones that grow in open ground have space to spread out horizontally to display those dropping "weeping" branches. Posted 4 years ago

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''Ficus benjamina'', commonly known as weeping fig, benjamin fig or ficus tree, and often sold in stores as just ficus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Moraceae, native to Asia and Australia.

Similar species: Rosales
Species identified by _ChunXingWong_
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By _ChunXingWong_

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Uploaded Nov 7, 2020. Captured Sep 14, 2020 17:53 in Kunak, Sabah, Malaysia.
  • Canon PowerShot SX70 HS
  • f/3.5
  • 1/25s
  • ISO250
  • 3.983mm