Ficus nigro-punctata Warb. ex Mildbr. & Burret

Shrub or tree up to 7 m. tall, terrestrial or sometimes hemi-epiphytic (and strangling).. Leafy twigs 1–3(–6) mm. thick, puberulous to hirtellous or subtomentellous, periderm not flaking off, bark of the older wood often blackish and conspicuously lenticellate.. Leaves in spirals; lamina chartaceous to subcoriaceous, oblong to elliptic, ± obovate or sometimes ovate, 1–9.5 × 0.6–5.5 cm., apex shortly acuminate to subacute, base rounded to cordate, margin crenulate; upper surface puberulous to hirtellous or hispidulous, when dry sometimes black-punctate, lower surface puberulous to hirtellous on the veins; lateral veins 3–5(–6) pairs, the basal pairs faintly branched, usually reaching the margin ± far below the middle of the lamina, tertiary venation reticulate; petiole 0.3–2 cm. long, 0.5–1 mm. thick, epiderm not flaking off; stipules 0.2–1.2 cm. long, sparsely puberulous to hirtellous, caducous.. Figs in pairs in the leaf-axils or also on the older wood, sessile; basal bracts 2–2.5 mm. long, persistent.. Receptacle subglobose, 1–1.2 cm. in diameter when fresh, 0.5–1 cm. when dry, puberulous to hirtellous, green with red spots or reddish at maturity.