Ficus annulata Blume, Bijdr. (1825)
Latin for 'ringed', probably referring to the stipule scars around the twigs.

Synonyms
Ficus annulata var. biverrucellum (Miq.) Miq., Ficus annulata var. elliptica Miq., Ficus annulata var. flavescens (Blume) King, Ficus annulata var. valida (Blume) King, Ficus balabacensis Quisumb., Ficus flavescens Blume, Ficus valida Blume, Urostigma annulatum (Blume) Miq., Urostigma biverrucellum Miq., Urostigma conocarpum Miq., Urostigma flavescens (Blume) Miq., Urostigma validum (Blume) Miq.

Description
Mid-canopy tree (strangler fig) up to 32 m tall and 87 cm dbh. Stem with white sap. Stipules ca. 28 mm long, glabrous. Leaves alternate, simple, penni-veined, glabrous to hairy below. Figs with very short stalks placed in leaf axils, ca. 26 mm long, green-yellow-orange, fleshy.

Ecology
In undisturbed mixed dipterocarp forests up to 600 m altitude. Usually on alluvial sites near rivers and streams, but also on hillsides and ridges. On sandy to clay soils. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant tree.

Distribution
Burma, Southern China, Indo-China, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo (Sarawak, Brunei, Sabah, West- and East-Kalimantan), Celebes.

Local names in Borneo
Ara susu, Kara, Kayu ara.