Large strangler to 25 m high, mostly glabrous. Leaves alternate; lamina elliptic to narrowly obovate, (3.3–) 6–14 (–16.3) cm long, (1–) 2–6.6 cm wide, cuneate at base, margin entire, subacute at apex; primary lateral veins 5–10 pairs, not prominent; secondary lateral veins faint, the basal pair slightly elongated; petiole (0.5–) 1.5–3 (–5) cm long; stipules c. 3–7 (–9) cm long, to 0.7 cm wide, red to cream. Figs sessile to shortly pedunculate, paired, subglobose to obloid, 1.5–3 cm long, 1.2–3 cm wide, yellow to pink, purple or reddish, spotted; ostiole mammillate, triradiate, to 4 mm diam.; basal bracts 3, ovate, 5–7 mm long, 7–10 mm wide, persistent. Male flowers pedicellate; tepals 4, free. Female and gall flowers sessile to shortly pedicellate; tepals 4 or 5; ovary free. See also Dixon (2003: 142).
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A strangler fig. It grows 20-25 m high and spreads 15-30 m wide. It has strangler roots. The trunk can be short or long. The bark is grey and smooth. Young shoots are bright green. The leaves are simple and 6-14 cm long by 3.5-6 cm wide. The leaves are smooth. The leaf stalks are 2.5-4 cm long. The fruit are 20-30 mm across and round. They occur singly or in pairs in the axils of leaves. They ripen from yellow to pink-red. They have many seeds. The fruit are edible.
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