If an animal has eaten this plant, the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center is (888) 426-4435, as printed on the record this page reproduces. A consultation fee may apply.
This page quotes a published document. Everything below in quotation marks is copied word for word from ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center: Indian Rubber Plant, published by ASPCA APCC and retrieved on 2026-09-16. The quotations are excerpts; the document itself is linked and is the authority. Nothing has been reworded.
According to the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center record, Indian Rubber Plant (Ficus benjamina, family Moraceae) is toxic to dogs and cats. Toxic principles: Proteolytic enzyme (ficin), psoralen (ficusin). The record was retrieved on 2026-09-16 and is linked below.
The record
- Scientific name
- Ficus benjamina
- Family
- Moraceae
- Additional common names
- Fig, Weeping Fig
- Toxicity
- Toxic to Dogs, Toxic to Cats
- Toxic principles
- Proteolytic enzyme (ficin), psoralen (ficusin)
Where this comes from
This is the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center record for Indian Rubber Plant, at https://www.aspca.org/pet-care/aspca-poison-control/toxic-and-non-toxic-plants/indian-rubber-plant, retrieved on 2026-09-16. The fields above are the record’s own, shown without change. The ASPCA keeps the record current; the page here is a copy from that date.
Sources
- ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center: Indian Rubber PlantASPCA APCC · retrieved 2026-09-16
“Ficus benjamina” (Scientific Name)
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