Ficus ulmifolia Lam.

Shrub or tree up to 6 m tall. Branchlets often drying red-brown; often with short (abortive) branchlets with short internodes and with minute leaves or without leaves. Leafy twigs 2-5 mm thick, whitish hispidulous to puberulous, ± scabrous; internodes hollow. Leaves distichous, rarely subopposite; lamina oblong to elliptic to (sub)ovate, (2-)5-18(-23) by (1.5-)3-6.5(-10) cm, usually slightly asymmetric to almost sym-metric, sometimes distinctly asymmetric, subcoriaceous (to chartaceous), apex acuminate, base ± inequilateral, subcordate to cuneate, margin irregularly crenate-dent(icul)ate to (sub)lobate or subentire (when juvenile 3-lobate, sometimes with a linear midsegment); upper surface (sparsely) hispidulous, scabrous (to scabridulous), lower surface sparsely hispidulous on the (main) veins, ± scabrous; cystoliths on both sides; lateral veins (3-)4-7(-9, or when juvenile and with a linear midsegment to c. 20) pairs, the basal pair up to 1/4-1/2 the length of the lamina, (at least) at the broad side branched, tertiary venation (laxly) scalariform; waxy glands in the axils of both basal lateral veins; petiole (0.5-)1-3 or 0.5-0.8 cm long, slightly different to almost equal in length on the same twig, hispidulous, the epidermis persistent; stipules semi-amplexicaul, 0.3-0.8 cm long, minutely puberulous to glabrous, caducous. Figs axillary, solitary or in pairs (also ramiflorous?); peduncle 0.2-1.5 cm long; peduncular bracts 2 or 3, mostly scattered, 0.5-1 mm long; receptacle subglobose, 0.8-1.3 or 0.5-0.8 cm diam. when dry, hispidulous, scabrous, sometimes with a lateral bract, yellow to red at maturity, apex convex, ostiole c. 2 mm diam., with apical bracts and narrow ostiolar bracts pointing upwards; internal hairs few to abundant. Tepals whitish to pinkish, glabrous. Styles glabrous.

A tropical plant. They are common in areas of the Philippines in shrub and open places throughout the country. They are especially common around Laguna Bay regions. It grows up to 1,500 m above sea level.

The ripe fruit are eaten raw.

Can be grown by seedlings.