Tree up to 13 m tall. Leafy twigs 3-6 mm thick, (rather) densely white puberulous to hirtellous (to strigillose), usually with (small) nodal waxy glands; internodes hollow; periderm flaking off (often starting below the leaves). Leaves spirally arranged, (sub)opposite or on lateral branches (sub)distichous; lamina oblong to elliptic to (sub) obovate, 15-35 by 7.5-21 cm, ± asymmetric, chartaceous to subcoriaceous, apex acuminate, base cordate to subcordate at one side, cordate to rounded at the other side, margin ± irregularly crenate-dentate to-denticulate; upper surface sparsely to rather densely puberulous to strigillose, glabrescent, smooth (or scabridulous), lower surface sparsely to rather densely white puberulous to hirtellous, smooth or scabridulous, cystoliths only beneath; lateral veins 4-9 pairs, some of them branched or furcate far from the margin, lower lateral veins often not distinctly loop-connected, tertiary venation ± loosely scalariform; waxy glands small, in the axils of lateral veins in the middle part of the lamina or also in furcations of lateral veins; petiole 1-6(-8) cm long, white puberulous, white to hirtellous, the epidermis flaking off; stipules 1-3 cm long, brown(ish) strigillose to subsericeous, caducous. Figs cauliflorous on stout branched up to 60 cm long branchlets, on the main branches and the trunk; peduncle 0.5-2.7(-6?) cm long; basal bracts 3, verticillate, 1-2 mm long; receptacle pyriform to obovoid to depressed-globose, 1-2.5 cm diam. when dry, 2.5-4.5 cm diam. when fresh, non-stipitate, sparsely white puberulous or (sub)glabrous, with conspicuous lenticels, without or with 1 or 2 lateral bracts, often finely ribbed, at maturity brown (?), apex convex to flat; ostiole 4-9 mm diam.; internal hairs sparse.
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A fig. It is a spreading tree 4 to 8 m high. The leaves are oblong and 15 to 35 cm long by 10 to 12 cm wide. The base of the leaves has rounded lobes which are ear shaped. The figs occur in swollen structures on the trunk and larger branches. They are usually in groups. The fruit is smooth skinned and 2 to 3.5 cm across. They are soft and fleshy when mature.
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