Ficus punctata (male): The World’s largest fig ?

These photos show what were believed (until 2019)  to be the world’s largest figs.

These male figs fell from a Ficus punctata liana at Tawau Hills Park  HQ in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo.

These are ripe male figs. Unripe figs are bright orange. See Ficus punctata: What eats male figs

According to Berg (2005) the worlds largest recorded figs are a Ficus punctata and a Ficus densechini fig. Both have been recorded to reach a maximum diameter of 15 cm for a round fig. The figs shown below are less in diameter (max 13.75 cm  but are up to 18 cm long. This means that they are the largest figs recorded up to 2005 .

However in 2019, Z. Ezedin and G. Weiblen published an article on Ficus dammaropsis a common motane fig of New Guinea which has been measured up to 22 x 18 cm in diameter. This clearly makes Ficus dammaropsis the world’s largest fig.

Photos and information provided by Shavez Cheema and Chun Xing WONG of 1Stop Borneo Wildlife.