Idotsi

ingens: huge, "exceeding the usual size"; it is thought to refer to the size of the tree, with specific reference to the famous "Inhabited tree" of Rustenburg, S Africa

Small or medium-sized to large deciduous tree, terrestrial or as a rock splitter. Leaves ovate, lanceolate, to oblong-lanceolate, 5-17 cm long, mid- to dark green above, paler below, hairless; base mostly truncate or shallowly cordate; margins entire, flat or slightly wavy. Figs pedunculate, single or paired in the leaf axils, or on bare stems below the leaves, spherical to slightly pear-shaped, 10-13 mm in diameter, with or without pale warts, creamy green, purple when ripe.

From Senegal to Ethiopia, down to Namibia and the eastern Cape, S Africa. Also in Saudi Arabia.