This introduced tree is commonly known as weeping fig.
Ficus benjamina is described as a "dicot" in the Moraceae family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern. Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
Natural distribution in Australia is limited to north Queensland (Queensland Flora Census). Commonly planted in the Fraser Coast region and also spread by birds.
It has not been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census but is listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in Queensland Herbarium Wildlife Online.
Reported at 11 Fraser Coast localities: Booral, Dundowran Beach, Eli Waters, Howard, Maryborough, Pialba, Point Vernon, Tinana, Toogoom, Urangan, Urraween.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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