Ficus obscura Blume, Bijdr. (1825)
Latin for 'dark or obscure'.

Synonyms
Covellia dasycaula Miq., Ficus dasycaula (Miq.) Valeton, Ficus obscura var. lanata Kochummen, Ficus obscura var. serrata Miq., Ficus pisifera var. scaberrima forma obscura (Blume) Valeton

Description
Sub-canopy tree (strangling) up to 23 m tall and 37 cm dbh. Stem with white sap. Stipules ca. 13 mm long, hairy. Leaves alternate, simple, penni- to tripli-veined, hairy, feeling sand-paper like, base asymmetrical, margin wavy. Fruits ca. 7 mm diameter, orange-red, globose hairy figs, placed along the twigs.

Ecology
In open sites in undisturbed mixed dipterocarp to submontane forests up to 1700 m altitude. Usually along rivers and streams on sandy to limestone soils. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remant.

Distribution
Sumatra, Java, Borneo (throughout the island), Philippines.

Local names in Borneo
Lunuk peno.