Ficus uncinata
Ficus uncinata, also known as earth fig in English and as ara entimau in Iban, is a species of flowering plant, a fruit tree in the fig family, that is native to Southeast Asia.
Description
The species grows as a shrub or small tree to 8 m in height, with a bole of up to in height and a Diameter at [breast height|DBH] of not over, from which stolons extend along the ground surface for up to. The hairy, greenish-brown leaves are long by wide. The inflorescences occur along the stolons. The pink, red or brownish-purple pyriform or globose fruits are in diameter, and are covered by spine-like bracts.The ground-level figs are eaten and the seeds dispersed by pigs, deer, ground squirrels and rats. The function of the bracts is to prevent the fruits being swallowed whole by ground-level seed predators, such as pheasants and partridges.