The Ficus elastica Ruby is a hybrid variety of the Ficus elastica. They are native to East India, Bhutan, Burma, China, Malaysia and Indonesia. This large tree from the banyan group of figs can grow very very large. The trunk develops aerial and buttressing roots to anchor in the soil. Its has stunning ruby red/pink variegated oval leaves which develops inside a sheath which will grow larger as the new leaf develops. The mature leaf will unfurl, dropping the sheath off the plant.