Ficus hispida L., Suppl. Pl. (1782)
Latin for 'covered with long stiff hairs'.

Synonyms
Covellia assamica Miq., Covellia courtallensis Miq., Covellia daemonum (J.Konig ex Vahl) Miq., Covellia dasycarpa Miq., Covellia hispida (L.) Miq., Covellia oppositifolia (Roxb.) Gasp., Covellia setulosa Miq., Covellia wightiana Miq., Ficus courtallensis (Miq.) Baill., Ficus daemonum J.Konig ex Vahl, Ficus fecunda Blume, Ficus goolereea Roxb., Ficus hispida forma borneensis Miq., Ficus hispida var. incana Kuntze, Ficus hispida var. obovifolia Hochr., Ficus hispida var. viridis Kuntze, Ficus hispidioides S.Moore, Ficus letacqui H.Lev. & Vaniot, Ficus mollis Willd., Ficus oppositifolia Roxb., Ficus perinteregam Pennant, Ficus poilanei Gagnep., Ficus prominens Wall. ex Miq., Ficus sambucixylon H.Lev. & Vaniot, Ficus setistyla Warb., Ficus symphytifolia Lam., Ficus scabra Jacq., Gonusuke daemonum (J.Konig ex Vahl) Raf., Gonusuke hispida (L.) Raf., Gonusuke scabra (Jacq.) Raf., Perin-teregam Rheede, Sycomorphe roxburghii Miq.

Description
Understorey tree up to 17 m tall and 25 cm dbh. Stem with white sap. Stipules ca. 18 mm long, hairy. Leaves alternate, simple, penni-to tripli-veined, hairy below, margin toothed. Fruits ca. 16 mm diameter, yellow-brown, fleshy figs placed on long inflorescences which hang down from the main trunk or branches.

Ecology
In disturbed (open) mixed dipterocarp, regrowth and swamp forests up to 100 m altitude. In alluvial sites and along rivers and streams.

Distribution
Sri Lanka, India, southern China to Australia. In Borneo collected in East Kalimantan.

Local names in Borneo
Ara.