Ficus stricta (Miq.) Miq., Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 266 (1867)

Synonyms
Urostigma strictum Miq.

Diagnostics
Strangler fig. Stipule glabrous. Leaves alternate and glabrous, elongate, smooth margin, venation faint with secondary veins close together, looping near margin. Figs placed on twigs, greenish- brown?

Description
Monoecious strangler, 15-20 m tall. Twigs crooked, not drooping, brown, 0.2-0.3 cm thick. Leaves glabrous, drying to straw colour; elliptic, 10-15 x 3.5-8.5 cm, base cuneate, margin entire, plane, apex acute; midrib flat above; lateral veins numerous, close and parallel, very faint on both surfaces, with 2-3 shorter veins in between; intercostal venation invisible; petiole 1-1.2 cm long, channelled on the adaxial side, drying yellowish. Syconia on twigs behind the leaves, sessile, subglobose, 1-1.2 cm diameter, irregularly wrinkled on drying, apex umbonate; basal bracts ovate, prominent, persistent. [from Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak]

Ecology
Forests up to 1800 m elevation. Oriental pied hornbills were observed to feed on its ripe syconia in Singapore.

Uses

Distribution
From Southern China into Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Sulawesi, Philippines.

Local names
China: jin zhi rong.