Ficus deltoidea male & female figs: Internal differences

F. deltoidea is the only fig which which is adapted to grow as a true epiphyte i.e. without any roots in the ground.
Although the fig fruits are small typically 0.4 to 1.5 cm diameter, the fig seeds are the largest of any fig. The seeds illustrated in this article are approx. 5 mm x 3 mm.
Female fig wasps may enter multiple figs for pollination. With other fig species pollen carrying female wasps typically die inside inside the first fig they enter.
The gall flowers (male ovaries) develop a hard capsule approx. I mm x 1 mm diameter to act as a brood chamber for the fig wasp perhaps indicating possible animal dispersal of the capsule.
There are no known insects which are parasitic on Ficus deltoidea figs.

Drawing by Corner (1967).