Ficus racemosa

Ficus racemosa is a fast-growing deciduous tree, medium size up to 10 m in height. 
It has a crooked trunk and a spreading crown. 
Opposite to other species of its family, Ficus racemosa does not grow aerial roots.

The bark of Ficus racemosa is white-brown in colour. It is smooth, coarsely flaky and fibrous. 
The twigs and stems exude a milky latex when broken.
The young shoots and twigs have fine white hairs and show numerous growth scars.

The leaves of Ficus racemosa are simple, with an alternate arrangement on twigs. 
The size of the leaf is large, more than 5 cm. 
The leaves are very rough. 
The leaves are lanceolate, and pubescent. 
The leaves and stems exude a white latex when broken.

The flowers of Ficus racemosa are enclosed within the inflorescence structure formed by the fig, which is also known as synconia. 
The fig is actually a compartment carrying hundreds of flowers. 
The figs, sub-globose to pyriform, are borne in clusters on the trunk and branchlets, attached by a peduncle less than 1 cm long. 
The flowers are unisexual, of 3 kinds: male, female and gale flower. 
The flowers are pollinated by very small wasps that crawl through the opening in search of a suitable place to lay eggs. 

The fruits of Ficus racemosa are the figs also known as synconium (or synconia in plural). 
The shape of each fig is depressed sub-globose or pyriform (shape of a pear). 
The fruits grow in clusters, directly out of the trunk of the tree, referred as the botanical term cauliflory. 
The size of each fig is between 1 to 3 cm, green in colour turning red when ripe.

The seeds of Ficus racemosa are enclosed inside the fig. 
They are lenticular, less than 1 mm in size.