It is typically found around pans or flood plains, or along riparian fringes in tropical or subtropical savanna regions, but is absent from the tropical rainforest zone.

[2] Despite its regular scrambling habit it may attain a height of 7 to 10 m (23 to 33 ft).

[2] The bark is pale and smooth, and the branches are slender.

[3] Their rough-textured, pear-shaped, yellowish-green figs are up to 2 cm (0.79 in) in diameter and grow on short stalks from the leaf axils.

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