Ficus albipila

Ficus albipila is a medium sized deciduous tree growing up to 10 m in height. 
The mature trees develop tall straight white trunk and large buttresses. 
The tree exudes a highly irritant latex from twigs and leaves.

The bark of Ficus albipila is white-grey in colour and smooth. 
The bark flakes are transparent, the green layer being visible through the flakes. 
The tree exudes a watery milky latex, highly irritant to the skin. 

The leaves of Ficus albipila are simple. 
They are growing in an alternate arrangement. 
The size of the leaves is about 15 cm by 10 cm. 
The petiole is 2 to 4 cm long. The stipules are about 1.5 cm long and densely clothed in fine white prostrate hairs. 
The leaves are cordate to broadly obovate. 
The margin is entire, the apex is acuteovate and the base truncate or cordate.  
The leaves show shiny or waxy surface on the upper side and dense white hairs on the lower side.
The young leaves are brown-copper in colour.

The flowers of Ficus albipila are found in the fig itself which is a modified inflorescence with tiny flowers contained inside the fig. 
The species is monoecious, which means that male, gall and female flowers are found within the same fig. 
The male flowers are found mainly around the ostiole, but dispersed among the female flowers as well. 
The flowers inside the fig are interspersed with numerous conspicuous bristles. 
There are 2 bracts at the base of the fig. 

The fruit of Ficus albipila are the figs also known as synconium (or synconia in plural). 
The figs are pubescent on the outer surface.  
The figs do not grow from the trunk but hang on short thick stalks in the leaf axils towards the end of the branches. 
The figs of Ficus albipila are pedunculate, pyriform in shape and about 1 cm across. 
The ostiole orifice is closed by interlocking apical and reflexed internal bracts. 
The fruits are green and turn yellow to bright red when ripe.

The seeds of Ficus albipila are enclosed inside the fig. 
It is an achene: a small, dry one-seeded fruit that does not open to release the seed. 
The seeds are tiny, about 2-3 mm in size, obovoid in shape. 
They are brown in colour.