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Leaves spirally arranged; lamina lanceolate to linear, or less often oblong to elliptic, (5.5)10–18(30) x 1.5–3.5(7) cm., coriaceous; apex acuminate to subacute; base acute to rounded; margin entire; both surfaces glabrous; lateral veins 10–20 pairs, tertiary venation reticulate or parallel to the lateral veins; petiole 1–4.5 cm. long, c. 2 mm. thick, epidermis not flaking off when dry; stipules 5–20 mm. long, glabrous, caducous.
A fig. It is a small shrub. It is a strangler fig growing attached to other plants. It grows 8 m high. The leaves are very narrow. They are up to 40 cm long. It has aerial roots that hang down.
Receptacle globose, 1–1.5 cm. in diam. when fresh, c. 0.5–1 cm. in diam. when dry, glabrous, smooth to verruculose, yellow to orange at maturity.
Figs in pairs in the leaf axils; peduncle (5)10–25 mm. long; basal bracts 1.5–2 mm. long, caducous.
Leafy twigs 3–5 mm. thick, glabrous, periderm not flaking off.
A forest shrub, or tree up to 25 ft., epiphytic at first
Tree up to 10 m. tall, hemi-epiphytic, or a shrub.
Branchlets glabrous, purple
Figs orange when ripe.
