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Leaves spirally arranged; lamina cordate to ovate or broadly elliptic to subcircular or subreniform, sometimes broadly obovate, 6–23 x 5–23 cm., subcoriaceous; apex rounded, sometimes very shortly and obtusely acuminate; base cordate; margin subentire; superior surface sparsely hirtellous to subhirsute, inferior surface sparsely to densely hirtellous to puberulous, the main veins yellow hirsute; lateral veins 5–8 pairs, the main basal pair branched and reaching the margin at or just below the middle of the lamina, tertiary venation partly scalariform; petiole 2–5.5(9) cm. long, (1.5)2–4(5) mm. thick, epidermis flaking off when dry; stipules 0.5–1.5 cm. long, up to 4 cm. long on new flush, yellow to brownish hirsute or subsericeous, caducous.
A fig. It is a tree. It grows 25 m tall. It grows attached to other plants then becomes established in the soil. The crown is wide. The leaf twigs are 5-12 mm thick. The leaves are arranged in spirals. They are 6-23 cm long by 5-23 cm wide. They are oval or heart shaped. The figs are in pairs in the axils of leaves. They are about 2 cm across. They have dense white or yellow hairs.
Receptacle subglobose, (1.2)1.5–2 cm. in diam. when fresh, (0.8)1–1.5 cm. in diam. when dry, densely white to yellow pubescent, subhirsute or sparsely hirtellous.
Figs in pairs in the leaf axils, sessile, initially enclosed within ovoid, calyptrate buds, up to 15 mm. long; basal bracts 3–5 mm. long, persistent.
Leafy twigs (3)5–12 mm. thick, with minute to short hairs, intermixed with much longer yellow to brownish hairs, periderm flaking off when dry.
Tree up to 25 m. tall, epiphytic, secondarily terrestrial, with a wide crown.
