Ficus arnottiana

Ficus arnottiana is a medium sized deciduous tree growing up to 10 m in height. 
Like other species of the Ficus family, Ficus arnottiana does grow aerial roots. 
The tree is often found epiphytic.

The bark of Ficus arnottiana is pale grey to brown in colour. 
The bark is with lenticels. 
The tree develops a dense net of aerial roots.

The leaves of Ficus arnottiana are simple, with an alternate and spiral arrangement. 
The leaves are cordate, subcordate, ovate to broadly ovate. 
They are 5 to 30 cm long and 3 to 20 cm wide. 
The leaves are dark green and glossy on the upper side and light green on the lower side. 
The young growth shows a very distinctive red colour. 
The petiole is between 2 to 15 cm long and glabrous. 

The flowers of Ficus arnottiana are enclosed within the fig, which is also known as synconia. 
The fig is actually a compartment carrying hundreds of flowers. 
They are borne in clusters on the trunk and the branchlets. 
They are attached by a short peduncle (less than 1 cm long). 
The flowers are of 3 kinds: male flower, female flower and gale flower. 
The flowers are pollinated by very small wasps that crawl through the opening (ostiole) to lay their eggs.

The fruit of Ficus arnottiana are the figs also known as synconium (or synconia in plural). 
The figs are sub-globose to pyriform in shape. 
They appear in clusters of 3 to 4, in the axils of the fallen leaves or below the leaves. 
They are attached by a short peduncle (less than 1 cm long). 
The figs are light green with white dots when unripe. 
They turn purple with green dots when ripe. 
They are glabrous.

The seeds of Ficus arnottiana are enclosed inside the fig. 
They are lenticular and minuscule (less than 1 mm in size).