Shrub or tree up to 20 m tall, with spreading branches; latex cream-white (to yellow-brown?). Leafy twigs 1.5-3 mm thick, brownish strigose to hirtellous to whitish appressed-puberulous (often only hairy on the nodes) or (sub)glabrous; internodes hollow; periderm usually flaking off. Leaves spirally arranged; lamina elliptic to oblong to (sub)ovate to (sub)obovate or to lanceolate (to linear), (1-)5-12(-19) by (0.5-)3-6(-10) cm, (almost) symmetric, chartaceous to subcoriaceous (to coriaceous), apex (sub)acuminate to acute to obtuse (to rounded), base rounded to subcordate to cordate or to cuneate, margin entire, sometimes ± revolute; upper surface glabrous, smooth, lower surface strigose to subhirtellous to appressed-puberulous (often only on the main veins or the midrib) or (sub)glabrous; cystoliths on both sides; lateral veins (4-)7-12(-15) pairs, often furcate far from the margin, the basal pairs ± distinct, tertiary venation reticulate to subscalariform (with up to 4 or sometimes 5 intercostals), waxy glands in the axils of the basal lateral veins, usually conspicuous; petiole 0.5-4(-5) cm long, strigose to subhirtellous to appressed-puberulous, the epidermis usually flaking off; stipules 0.5-2.5 cm long strigose to subsericeous or (sub)glabrous, caducous. Figs axillary or just below the leaves, in pairs, and/or ramiflorous to cauliflorous and then often more than 2 together below the leaves on spurs, on older branches up to 1 cm long; with a peduncle up to 1 cm long or sometimes sessile; basal bracts 3, verticillate or sometimes ± scattered, 1-1.2 mm long; receptacle subglobose to depressed-globose to subpyriform, 0.4-1.2 cm diam. when dry, 1-1.8 cm diam. when fresh, often up to 0.5(-1) cm long stipitate, with or without lateral bracts, puberulous to hirtellous or (sub)glabrous, (when dry) often ± clearly finely ribbed (or longitudinally veined), greenish-yellow at maturity, apex flat or ± depressed or occasionally protracted, ostiole 2-3 mm diam., flat or ± umbonate; internal hairs few to numerous, whitish or brownish.
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Tree to 10 m high. Leaves alternate (or opposite); lamina narrowly ovate, ovate, elliptic or somewhat pentagonal/rhombic, (2.7–) 6–17 cm long, (1.5–) 3–7 cm wide, cuneate to subcordate (and occasionally oblique) at base, entire margin, shortly acuminate to attenuate at apex, coriaceous, glabrous (sometimes with scattered appressed hairs on upper surface); lateral veins 5–12 pairs; petiole (0.5–) 1.5–4 cm long, with brown flaky outer bark, pubescent, soon glabrous; stipules 1.5–2 (–3) cm long. Figs usually axillary, globose to depressed-globose or broadly obovoid, 0.6–1.3 cm diam., green or yellow, smooth to pustular; ostiole 3 mm diam.; peduncle to 1.2 cm long; basal bracts forming a collar on peduncle or at base of fig-body; lateral bracts sometimes present. Male flowers in 1 row; tepals 4 or 5. Female and gall flowers sessile; tepals 3 or 4.
A fig. It is a shrub or small tree. It grows to 10 m tall. The sap from broken twigs is yellow or cream. The leaves are simple and alternate or opposite. They are 6-12 cm long and 2-7 cm wide. There are oil dots visible with a lens. There are 2 flat glands at the base underneath. The leaf stalks are 1-4 cm long. They are hairy. The figs are in the axils of the leaves. They can be yellow or green. They are 1 cm long by 1 cm wide. They are rough. The fig stalk is 1 cm long.
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