A fig found from India to northern Australia. Edible, but usually full of fig wasps. Photo from Sakau area of Sabah, Borneo, where it is known as Ara. In context at www.dixpix.ca/indonesia/flora/roses/index.html
This is all one tree, with air-roots turning into trunks. It is a strangler fig, comparable to the Banyan Tree of cultural and religious importance in the Orient. Photo from Copalita Park, southern Mexico.