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Leaves spirally arranged; lamina subovate to oblong, 5–24 x 3–9.5( 11.5) cm., coriaceous, often brittle when dry; apex subacute to obtuse; base cordate; margin entire to repand; superior surface glabrous, or puberulous on the midrib, inferior surface ± glabrous or sparsely hirtellous to puberulous, midrib subhirsute; lateral veins (8)10–16 pairs, the basal pair reaching the margin far below the middle of the lamina, tertiary venation partly scalariform; petiole 2–8 cm. long, 2–4 mm. thick, epidermis not flaking off; stipules 3–12 mm. long, up to 30 mm. long on new flush, glabrous or pubescent at the base, caducous.
A fig. It is a tree. It grows 20 m high. It grows attached to other plants then becomes established in the soil. The leaf twigs are 4-12 mm thick. The leaves are arranged in spirals. The leaves are 5-24 cm long by 3-10 cm wide. They are leathery. There are 10-16 pairs of side veins. The leaf stalk is 2-8 cm long. The figs are often in pairs. They are in the axils of leaves. They are 2-3 cm across. They are green when ripe.
Receptacle subglobose to ellipsoid, 2–3 cm. in diam. when fresh, 1-1.5 cm. in diam. when dry, puberulous, smooth or verruculate, greenish at maturity.
Leafy twigs 4–12 mm. thick, sparsely sometimes densely puberulous to hirtellous or glabrous, periderm hardly flaking off when dry.
Figs in pairs or solitary in the leaf axils; peduncle 10–25 mm. long, recurved; basal bracts c. 3 mm. long, persistent.
Tree up to 20 m. high, epiphytic and secondarily terrestrial.
