Biological form

tree up to 20 m tall, hemi-epiphytic or terrestrial with spreading crown

Leaves

shape & colour

oblong to subobovate to oblanceolate, coriaceous, apex acuminate, base acute to obtuse, upper surface glabrous, lower surface puberulous to hirtellous

size

(10)15-50 x 3-17(25) cm

lateral veins

12-20 pairs, tertiary venation partly scalariform

petiole

1-8(16) cm long, 4-7 mm thick, epidermis flaking off

Stipules

1-8 cm (flush up to 12 cm), brown to yellowish pubescent, caducous/subpersistent

Figs

position

in pairs or up to 3 together in the leaf axils

shape

subglobose or obovoid, Ø 2-4 cm (fresh), subhirsute to villous, yellow to reddish

peduncle

none, fig subsessile

basal bracts

7-15 mm long, persistent