Tree up to 25 m tall. Leafy twigs 1.5-3.5 mm thick, densely to rather sparsely brown to whitish appressed-(to patent-)puberulous to strigillose, with (small) nodal waxy glands; internodes hollow; periderm flaking off (often starting below the leaves). Leaves spirally arranged, subdistichous or (sub)opposite; lamina oblong to elliptic to subobovate, (4-)10-20(-26) by (1.5-)4-9(-14) cm, usually slightly asymmetric, chartaceous to subcoriaceous, apex acuminate, base obtuse to cuneate or to rounded (to subcordate), margin ± irregularly crenate-dentate to-denticulate (towards the apex) or (sub)entire, ± revolute or flat; upper surface sparsely white appressed-puberulous, smooth, lower surface sparsely whitish appressed-(to patent-)puberulous to strigillose on the (main) veins, scabridulous or smooth, cystoliths only beneath; lateral veins (4-)7-9(-10) pairs, none or some of them branched or furcate far from the margin, tertiary venation scalariform; waxy glands small, sometimes present in the axils of some of the lateral veins in the middle part of the lamina, often absent; petiole 1-2(-2.5) cm long, densely (to rather sparsely) whitish appressed-(to patent-)puberulous to strigillose, the epidermis flaking off; stipules 0.5-1 cm long, sparsely to densely brownish to whitish strigillose, caducous. Figs cauliflorous on up to 50 cm long branched branchlets on the older wood; peduncle 0.5-2.5 cm long; basal bracts 3, (usually) verticillate, 1.5-2.5 mm long; receptacle subglobose to pyriform to depressed-globose, 1.3-3 cm diam. when dry, 2-4 cm diam. when fresh, non-stipitate or up to 0.2(-0.6) cm long stipitate, (sub)glabrous, without lateral bracts, often finely ribbed, reddish at maturity, red-brown or brownish yellow, apex convex to flat to deeply concave, ostiole 3-6 mm diam.; internal hairs absent.
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A fig. It is a small tree. It grows 6-12 m high and spreads 4-10 m wide. The trunk is short. It can have several stems. The bark is grey and smooth. The leaves are simple and 12-25 cm long. They are sandpapery on both sides. There are also hairs on both sides. New leaves are red. The fruit are about 25 mm across and round. The fruit can occur singly, in the axils of leaves or on branches or stems or on runners along the ground. The fruit are edible.
For variety occurring in Australia see Ficus congesta Roxb. var. congesta.
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