Ficus benjamina 'Anastasia' is a cultivar of Ficus benjamina L.; Ficus benjamina is a very popular houseplant in temperate areas because of its elegant growth and tolerance of poor growing conditions; it does best in bright, sunny conditions, but it also tolerates considerable shade.
This cultivar is an elegant, easy to grow fig that can take the form of a small tree or a multi-stemmed, bushy plant. Slender, arching branches carry the shiny, dark and light green variegated leaves.
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Genus name c. 1400, from Latin ficus "fig, fig tree" (see fig). With capital letter, as the name of a large genus of trees and shrubs, chosen by Linnaeus (1753).
Ficus benjamina 'Anastasia'
Ficus benjamina 'Anastasia' is ca. 60 cm tall and comes in a ⌀ 17pot.
Name: Ficus benjamina 'Anastasia' is a cultivar of Ficus benjamina L.
Common names: weeping fig, benjamin fig or ficus tree
Type: evergreen tree
Form: Phanerophyte
Family: Moraceae
Native Range (Ficus benjamina L.): Tropical & Subtropical Asia and N. Australia
Zone: 10-13
Habitat: 0 - 50 msnm
Height: up to 30 m
Spread: to 10 m
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Low
Leaf: Evergreen
Tolerate: Semi ShadeTaxon identifiers (Ficus benjamina L.): NCBI taxonomy ID : 182105 ITIS TSN : 19083 Freebase ID : /m/03b6m9 Tropicos ID : 21300598 IPNI plant ID : 852486-1 PlantList-ID : kew-2809661 Encyclopedia of Life ID : 594918 Flora of North America taxon ID : 200006350 Flora of China ID : 200006350 USDA PLANTS ID : FIBE GBIF taxon ID : 5361932 New Zealand Organisms Register ID : a3540a71-730a-4d83-bbc9-9db06b2b3d39 Catalogue of Life in Taiwan ID : 204832 EPPO Code : FIUBE iNaturalist taxon ID : 50996 TAXREF ID : 445805 Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID : plant/weeping-fig Plants of the World online ID : urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:852486-1 IRMNG ID : 11233251 GND ID : 4836803-9 Invasive Species Compendium Datasheet ID : 24065 APNI ID : 90406 Plant Finder ID (Missouri Botanical Garden) : 282745 Atlas of Florida Plants ID : 2002 Library of Congress authority ID : sh2009006562 Flora of Australia ID (new) : Ficus benjamina African Plant Database ID : 234755 ATRF ID : Ficus_benjamina OmegaWiki Defined Meaning : 1704320 Flowers of India ID : Weeping Fig IUCN taxon ID : 145362709 French Vikidia ID : Figuier_pleureur Microsoft Academic ID : 2776867501 Observation.org ID : 341434 eBiodiversity ID : 209648 World Flora Online ID : wfo-0000687511 ZOBODAT taxon ID : 62329 Open Tree of Life ID : 272174 Queensland Biota ID : 19858 Dutch Caribbean Species Register ID : 178420 Calflora ID : 12510 NatureServe Explorer ID : 2.158584 Den Store Danske ID : birkefigen Portal to the Flora of Italy ID : 11707 Catalogue of Life ID : 6HVXP National Library of Israel J9U ID : 987007545354105171 Reflora ID : FB603276
Synonyms (Ficus benjamina L.): = = Ficus benjamina f. warringiana M.F.Barrett = Ficus benjamina subsp. comosa (Roxb.) Panigrahi & Murti = Ficus benjamina var. benjamina = Ficus benjamina var. bracteata Corner = Ficus benjamina var. bracteata T.Yamaz. = Ficus benjamina var. comosa (Roxb.) Kurz = Ficus benjamina var. comosa King = Ficus benjamina var. haematocarpa (Blume ex Decne.) Miq. = Ficus benjamina var. lehuntei F.M.Bailey = Ficus benjamina var. nuda (Miq.) Barrett = Ficus comosa Roxb. = Ficus cuspidato-caudata Hayata = Ficus dictyophylla Wall. = Ficus exotica ≡ Ficus haematocarpa Blume = Ficus haematocarpa Blume ex Decne. = Ficus lucida Aiton = Ficus neglecta Decne. = Ficus nepalensis Blanco = Ficus nitida Thunb. ≡ Ficus notobor Buch.-Ham. = Ficus notobor Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. = Ficus nuda (Miq.) Miq. = Ficus papyrifera Griff. = Ficus parvifolia Oken = Ficus pendula Link = Ficus pyrifolia Salisb. = Ficus reclinata Desf. = Ficus retusa f. nitida (Thunb.) King = Ficus retusa var. nitida (Thunb.) F.M.Bailey = Ficus retusa var. nitida (Thunb.) Miq. = Ficus striata Roth = Ficus umbrina Elmer = Ficus waringiana = Ficus xavieri Merr. ≡ Urostigma benjamina (L.) Miq. = Urostigma benjaminum var. nudum Miq. = Urostigma haematocarpum Miq. = Urostigma neglectum Miq. = Urostigma nitidum (Thunb.) Miq. = Urostigma nitidum Gasp. = Urostigma nudum Miq.
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