Ficus subpisocarpa

Ficus subpisocarpa, commonly known as Japanese superb fig, superb fig or pen tube fig, is a species of fig native to Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and southeast Asia to the Moluccas (Ceram). Terrestrial or hemiepiphytic, it reaches a height of 12 m (39 ft). Ants, predominantly of the genus Crematogaster, have been recorded living in stem cavities.

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Ficus subpisocarpa is a tree that grows up to 12 metres (39 feet) high, growing from the ground or directly on other trees as a hemiepiphyte. The bark is dark brown, while the branches are reddish brown to dark grey. The foliage is deciduous in at least some areas, but possibly not in other areas, and trees may only be leafless for a week before new leaves grow. The leaves and petioles are glabrous (hairless), and the leaves are symmetrical, elliptical and oblong with a rounded base, and can measure anywhere from 4 to 24 cm (1.5 to 9.5 in) long by 1.5–13 cm (0.59–5.12 in) wide. They are spirally arranged on the stem. The growth of new tissue occurs when a whole section of the branch undergoes budding and becomes covered with leaves. The figs are ramiflorous, that is they grow on the branches, in groups of one to three. There is a high variation in colour between trees and seasons; mature figs are whitish pink to dark purple, often patterned with pale spots, are bulbous to globose, and measure 0.5 to 0.8 cm (0.20 to 0.31 in) in diameter. Maturation is also highly variable, even on a single tree; it is synchronous up until the pollinating fig wasps emerge, but variable after that, with some figs maturing rapidly but others only fully ripe five weeks after wasp emergence. Two to four crops of figs can be produced in a year. Ficus subpisocarpa is pollinated by fig wasps in the genus Platyscapa (Agaonidae), specifically P. ishiiana.[citation needed] Ficus subpisocarpa branches in Kinmen Ficus subpisocarpa budding in Kenting, Taiwan, with apparently evergreen foliage