The Ficus elastica or Indian Rubber Tree is a large, evergreen tree that can be found on in lowland rain forests, hill forests and cliffs and limestone hills of Northeastern India, Myanmar, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Java. It is a fast-growing species that can reach up to 30m in height. The banyan form that is characteristic of the Indian Rubber Tree results from the numerous descending aerial roots that it produces which eventually grow thicker and trunk-like after reaching the ground. The leaves are thick and glossy, oblong to elliptical in shape and arranged spirally. The species can be distinguished from other fig species by its young leaves which are enclosed in a pink to purplish sheath (stipule). Figs are pollinated by specialised fig wasps and they form a mutualistic bond whereby they depend on each other for reproduction or pollination. The ripe figs of the Indian Rubber Tree are yellow to golden in colour.

The Indian Rubber Tree was once an economic plant and its latex was tapped and processed into Gutta Rambong, a type of rubber of inferior quality. After the introduction of the Para Rubber (Hevea brasiliensis), the planting of Indian Rubber and tapping of its latex was slowly phased out. This was because the Para Rubber produced rubber of better quality and could be tapped about six years after being planted, while the Indian Rubber could only be tapped about 15 years after it was planted.

This Indian Rubber Tree had a circumference of 55 m when it was endorsed as a Heritage Tree in 2024.