Tree up to 30 m tall, deciduous. Leafy twigs 2-4 mm thick, (dark) brown subtomentose or densely (to sparsely) brown(ish) patent-to appressed-puberulous, with pairs of waxy glands at the bases of the petioles; periderm persistent; branches usually dark purplish to blackish with prominent scars of the petioles. Leaves spirally arranged; lamina elliptic to oblong to (sub)obovate or to (sub)ovate (or lanceolate), (4-)6-16(-20) by (2-)3.5-8(-9) cm, chartaceous to subcoriaceous, apex acuminate, base subcordate to cordulate to cuneate, margin entire, dent(icul)ate or faintly repand; upper surface appressed-puberulous to brown subtomentose on the main veins, smooth, lower surface brown subtomentose to puberulous or partly strigillose on the veins; cystoliths absent; lateral veins 5-8(-10) pairs, the basal pair slightly or not distinct from the other lateral veins, up to 1/3-1/2 the length of the lamina, unbranched or faintly branched, tertiary venation scalariform; waxy glands in the axils of the basal lateral veins or absent; petiole 1-10 cm long, brown subtomentose to ± densely appressed-puberulous, the epidermis persistent (or flaking off); stipules 0.5-0.8 cm long, brown (or yellowish) subtomentose to subsericeous (near the margins often glabrous), caducous. Figs mostly below the leaves on previous season’s growth, in pairs; peduncle 0.3-1.3 cm long; basal bracts 3, 1.5-2.5 mm long, brown appressed-puberulous to strigillose; receptacle ellipsoid to subglobose, 0.7-1 cm diam. when dry, 1.2-1.5 cm diam. when fresh, sparsely but around the ostiole densely appressed-puberulous to strigillose (or the whole surface densely appressed-puberulous), often finely ribbed, sometimes up to 0.5 cm long stipitate, ‘seed-figs’ yellow to red at maturity, ‘gall-figs’ yellowish to orange at maturity and irregularly longitudinally dehiscent, apex convex, ostiole c. 2 mm diam., ± prominent; internal hairs abundant, yellowish.
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A fig. It is a small to medium sized tree. The bark is pinkish brown. The twigs are slender and reddish. The leaves are simple and alternate. They are oval and 4-14 cm long by 2.5-6 cm wide. They are narrowed towards the tip. Veins join near the edge of the leaf. The leaf stalk is 1.5-3 cm long. The fruit are figs carried in the axils of leaves near the ends of branches. Often 1 or 2 figs occur together. They are 10 mm long by 8 mm wide. There are 3 bracts at the base. The male flowers are arranged near the opening of the fig. The figs are edible.
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