Opposite Leaf Fig

Appearance

There is a large variety of local common names. Like a number of ficus, the leaves are sandpapery to touch. An unusual feature is the figs which hang on long stems.

Naming

In Australia the fruit are eaten by cassowaries and double-eyed fig parrots. Phayre's leaf monkey feeds on the leaves as do the larvae of the moth "Melanocercops ficuvorella". The fig wasp "Apocrypta bakeri" has "F. hispida" as its host, where it parasitizes the other fig wasp "Ceratosolen solmsi". The yet unnamed nematode species "Caenorhabditis sp. 35" has been found in Aceh, Indonesia, associated with the tree. Caterpillars of the moth species "Asota caricae" have been recorded eating "F. hispida", the caterpillars skeletonise the leaves.