The Weeping Fig is the official tree of Bangkok, Thailand. This evergreen tree is elegant with gracefully drooping branchlets and glossy leaves, oval with a pointed tip.

While it does best under bright, sunny conditions, it also tolerates considerable shade. Hence it is a very popular house plant.

The leaves are very sensitive to small changes in light. When it is re-located it reacts by dropping many of its leaves and replacing them with new leaves adapted to the new light sensitivity.

There are known three separate varieties of the species and numerous ornamental hybrids, causing much confusion in the identification of the tree. The two varieties, nuda and comosa are known to bear bright red and bright orange figs.