Ficus scassellatii Pamp.

Tree up to 50 m., hemi-epiphytic, secondarily terrestrial.. Leafy twigs 3–8 mm. thick, glabrous or minutely puberulous, periderm flaking off older parts when dry.. Leaves in spirals; lamina coriaceous, oblong to oblanceolate, obovate or elliptic, 6–20(–28) × 3–8 cm., apex shortly and bluntly acuminate to rounded, base ± acute, margin entire; both surfaces glabrous; lateral veins 8–18 pairs, gradually becoming stronger towards the apex; tertiary venation reticulate; petiole 0.5–2.5(–3.5) cm. long, 2–3 mm. thick, epiderm occasionally flaking off; stipules 0.3–2 cm. long, free, glabrous or minutely puberulous, caducous.. Figs 1–2 in the leaf-axils; peduncle 0.5–1.5 cm. long or figs sessile to subsessile; basal bracts 3–5 mm. long, persistent.. Receptacle often shortly stipitate at least when dry, globose to ellipsoid, 3–4.5 cm. in diameter when fresh, 1.2–2(–3) cm. in diameter when dry, ± sparsely minutely puberulous, green at maturity; wall 4–5 mm. thick, not spongy; apex in dry material protruding up to 7 mm.

Rain-forest; lakesides; riverine; ground-water forest; open places along the coast; evergreen bushland with scattered trees; also as isolated trees left from cleared vegetation; mixed evergreen forest; disturbed forest at elevations to 2,200 metres.

Can be grown by seedlings.