The wet alluvial flood plain forest that surrounds the Deer Cave at Mulu is rich in many different species of figs including Ficus hemsleyana and Ficus spiralis and also a group of small Ficus lepicarpa trees growing next to the Deer Cave boardwalk.
Note that single figs grow in the leaf axils.Compared with Ficus septica the leaves of Ficus lepicarpa are broader. From above the veins are not a clear white as with Ficus septica.In addition the figs of Ficus lepicarpa are very different from those of Ficus septica. They are rounder and usually have a line like an equator line around the middle or bottom end of the fig as shown in the photo above and below.
