Ficus L.

Flowers attached to the inner wall of the invaginated floral axis (fig or syconium) Ficus

Shrub or tree, sometimes epiphytic and strangling in early stages

Leaves smooth on the upper surface. Aerial shoots present. Epiphytes or on rocks in early stages (“Strangler Figs”)

Leaves green and glabrous on both surfaces

Leaves ± rust-coloured underneath, glabrous on the upper surface