Deciduous, branching tree to 10 m high, often producing suckers. Leaves alternate, ovate, palmately 3–7 lobed; apex rounded to obtuse; margin subentire to crenate; base cordate to truncate; lamina (5–)10–20(–35) cm long, (5–)10–10(–35) cm wide, hispid to subglabrous above, puberulous below, tomentose on the veins; petiole 4–12 cm long; stipules 0.5–1.5 cm long, minutely ciliate. Figs axillary or on the previous seasons growth, solitary, subglobose, pear-shaped or obovoid, c. 30–60 mm long, puberulous, purple when mature, edible; osteole raised with protruding apical bracts; basal bracts 3, apex 2–3-lobed; lateral bracts absent. Flowers mainly during summer.
VVP, VRiv, MuF, GipP, OtP, Gold, CVU, NIS, EGL, HSF. Also naturalised WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW. Native to the Mediterranean region. Cultivated for fruit, seedlings or occasional plants recorded in nearby bushland in parts of northern and eastern Victoria.
