Ficus benjamina 'Golden King' 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 grows mid-green leaves with cream-gold variegation around the margins.
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 'Golden King'
Ficus benjamina 'Golden King' is approximately 110 cm tall and comes in a ⌀ 18pot.
- Name: Ficus benjamina 'Golden King ' 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 and 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 Shade Taxon 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 and 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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