1	"Ostioles slit-like and 2-4-lipped, bracts not visible from the outside, all descending into the fig"	2
1	"Ostioles with at least 3 bracts visible from the outside and spreading across the opening; only the lower ostiolar bracts descending into the fig"	11
2	"Figs with peduncles at least 2 mm long"	3
2	"Figs sessile or subsessile"	10
3	"Tertiary venation of leaves more or less ladder-like, partly perpendicular to the lateral veines; basal pair of lateral veins branched"	4
3	"Tertiary venation of leaves reticulate or partly parallel to the lateral veins; basal pair of lateral veins usually unbranched (consistently branched in Ficus glumosa)"	8
4	"Outer layer of petioles breaking off in scales"	"Ficus vasta"
4	"Outer layer of petioles not breaking off"	5
5	"Basal bracts mostly rapidly deciduous, leaving only a narrow basal rim; petioles as long as, or nearly as long as, the leaf blades"	"Ficus populifola"
5	"Basal bracts persistent, at least in their lower part, leaving more than a narrow rim; petioles up to 2/3 the length of the blades"	6
6	"Leaves with 3-7 pairs of lateral veins"	"Ficus glumosa"
6	"Leaves with 7-16 pairs of lateral veins"	7
7	"Stipules hairs, 0.8-3.5 cm long; peduncles 2-5 cm long"	"Ficus platyphylla"
7	"Stipules glabrous or hairy only at the base, 0.8-1.2 cm long; peduncles 1-2 cm long"	"Ficus bussei"
8	"Leaves with 3-7 pairs of lateral veins; basal pair of lateral veins usually branched"	"Ficus glumosa"
8	"Leaves with (5-)7-18(-25) pairs of lateral veins; basal pair of lateral veins unbranched"	9
9	"Petioles 1-2 mm thick; blades usually 5-10 cm long; figs less than 2 cm in in diameter when fresh"	"Ficus thonningii"
9	"Petioles 2-3 mm thick; blades usually 10-20 cm long; figs 3-4.5 cm in diameter when fresh"	"Ficus scassellatii"
10	"Outer layer of ostioles not flaking off; figs up to 1 m in diameter when fresh"	"Ficus gumosa"
10	"Outer layer of perioles not flaking off in scales when dry; figs 3-4.5 m in diameter when fresh"	"Ficus vasta"
11	"Bracts scattered over the surface of the fig and on the peduncles, sometimes small"	"Ficus capreifolia"
11	"Bracts restricted to the ostioles and single whorl at the base of the fig"	12
12	"Leaves palmately veined, serrate, toothed, at least some of them lobed, always scabrous"	13
12	"Leaves pinnately veined, entire or toothed, never lobed, scabrous, hairy, or smooth"	14
13	"Mature figs up to 7 cm long and 5 cm in diameter when fresh; all leaves lobed, leaf tips and tips of leaves lobes acute to rounded, not acuminate; blades up to 20 cm long and 18 cm wide"	"Ficus carica"
13	"Mature figs less than 3 cm long and 2 cm in diameter when fresh; usually at least some leaves not lobed; leaf tips and tips of leaf lobes acuminate; blades up to 7.5 cm long and 9.5 cm wide"	"Ficus palmata"
14	"More than 3 ostiolar bracts visible from the outside; figs arranged in leafless panciles borne on the main stem, older branches or solitary and axiallry; leaves entire or epand-dentate, scabrous, hairy, or smooth"	"Ficus sycomorus"
14	"Only 3 ostiolar bracts visible from the outside; figs always axially on young branches; leaves always entire, usually smooth, rately scabrous, never repand-dentate"	15
15	"Leaves lanceolate, glabrous, less than 3 cm wide; figs sessile or subsessile"	"Ficus cordata"
15	"Leaves ovate to elliptic, scabrous, pilose, of glabrous, 2-7 cm wide; figs sessile or pedunculate"	"Ficus ingens"