Broom Cluster Fig

Large spreading tree. All parts exude a milky latex. Main stem may be buttressed in large forest specimens; bark pale grey, smooth. Leaves alternate, spiralled, ovate to elliptic, thinly leathery; margin crenate-dentate. The upper surface normally glabrous, the undersurface variously pubescent. Figs in large clusters, borne on leafless branchlets, growing from the main stem and older branches. Figs densely tomentose, bright green, turning orange to red when ripe.

Common

Cyrestis pantheus sublineatus (African map or -porcelain) Nephele accentifera (Accented hawk)