Ficus ingens Miq.

Tree up to 18 m. tall.. Leafy twigs 3–6 mm. thick, sparsely white or brownish pubescent to densely tomentellous or subvelutinous.. Lamina coriaceous, ovate to elliptic or oblong, (2.5–)5–18 × (2–)3–9 cm., apex acuminate to acute, sometimes obtuse, base cordate, occasionally truncate to obtuse, margin entire; both surfaces glabrous; lateral veins 8–11 pairs, the main basal pairs ± distinctly branched, almost straight, thus not running parallel to the margin, the others often branched far from the margin; petiole 0.5–4 cm. long, 1–3 mm. thick; stipules 0.5–1 cm. long, densely yellowish tomentose to subvelutinous or glabrous, caducous.. Figs in pairs in the leaf-axils or just below the leaves, subsessile or on peduncles up to 0.5 cm. long; basal bracts ± 2 mm. long.. Receptacle ± globose, 1–2 cm. in diameter when fresh, 0.5–1 cm. when dry, minutely white to brown puberulous or partly hirtellous, sometimes densely tomentose or pubescent, whitish to pink or pale to dark purple at maturity; wall wrinked when dry.. Fig. 20, p. 62.

A tropical plant. They usually grow on dry rocky soils. It is often on rocky slopes in cracks in the rocks. In Zimbabwe they grow between 300 and 1450 m altitude but are mostly at lower altitudes. They grow where the rainfall is below 100 mm. It can grow with annual rainfall between 100-1,300 mm. It is drought resistant. It grows between sea level and 2,100 m above sea level. It grows in the Sahel.

The figs are eaten raw. The young leaves are cooked as a vegetable.

Plants can be grown from seed or cuttings. Fruit should be collected before they drop and the seeds removed. The seeds are small and need to be sown with fine sand. Seeds germinate in 15-30 days. Cuttings can be of softwood or hardwood. They root easily. The wasp pollinator is Platyscapa soraria Wiebes.