Biological form

Tree up to 20 m tall, with buttresses, terrestrial

Leaves

shape & colour

elliptic to subovate, chartaceous to coriaceous, apex acuminate, base cordate to subtruncate, margin dentate to subentire, upper surface scabrous, both surfaces hirsute

size

5-22 x 2.5-11 cm

lateral veins

5-9 pairs, basal pair branched reaching margin mostly below the middle of the lamina

petiole

0.5-5.5 cm long, puberulous

Stipules

1-2 cm long, puberulous (sometimes glabrous), subpersistent

Figs

position

on up to 10 m long, partly subterreanean (figs geocarpic), branched branchlets arising from base of trunk, or on short branchlets up to main branches

shape

depressed globose, Ø 2-3 cm (fresh), puberulous to hirtellous

peduncle

0.5-1.5 cm long

basal bracts

3-5 mm long