Ficus crassiramea (Miq.) Miq., Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 3 (1867)
Latin for 'thick twigs'.

Synonyms
Ficus ashtonii Kochummen, Ficus clementis Merr., Ficus crassicalyx Elmer, Ficus crassiramea subsp. stupenda (Miq.) C.C.Berg, Ficus crassiramea var. brevicupulata Corner, Ficus crassiramea var. celebica Corner, Ficus crassiramea var. clementis (Merr.) Corner, Ficus crassiramea var. patellifera (Warb.) Corner, Ficus patellifera Warb., Ficus procera Reinw. ex Blume, Ficus procera var. crassiramea (Miq.) King, Ficus rigida (Miq.) Miq., Ficus stupenda Miq., Ficus stupenda var. minor Corner, Ficus subgelderi var. rigida (Miq.) Corner, Ficus subtecta Corner, Ficus subtecta var. depressa Corner, Urostigma crassirameum Miq., Urostigma giganteum Miq., Urostigma procerum (Blume) Miq., Urostigma rigidum Miq.

Description
Emergent tree (strangler fig) up to 52 m tall and 61 cm dbh. Stem with white sap. Stipules ca. 35 mm long, glabrous. Leaves alternate, tripli-veined, glabrous. Fruits ca. 18 mm diameter, yellow-orange-red-purple, globose, fleshy figs, placed along the twigs.

Ecology
In undisturbed to slightly disturbed mixed dipterocarp, (peat)-swamp and coastal forests up to 100 m altitude. Usually on alluvial sites, near or along rivers and streams. On sandy to clay soils. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant.

Uses
The roots, bark and leaves are pounded into a past and used against snake bites.

Distribution
From Burma and Thailand to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. In Borneo collected in Sarawak, Brunei, Sabah, and East-Kalimantan.

Local names in Borneo
Kayu ara, Karak kijang.