Fruit of the Mock Bodh tree or Rumpf's Fig tree (Ficus rumphii), an Indian (Assam) native, located in the Student Services Building parking lot. The mutualistic pollinating wasp that pollinates this species is absent from the Island of Oahu so the seeds are not viable. This tree is the only specimen on campus and is not commonly grown outside of its natural range. The tree on campus has a unique habit of dropping about approximately 2/3 of its leaves between October and November. This annual mass partial defoliation exactly coincides with maximum fruit production. The effect being that the fruit mast becomes very obvious to, one would suspect, canopy frugivores. New leaf growth replaces the lost leaves by early December, at which time the fruit has all fallen off and is no longer being produced. None of the other four or five Ficus species on campus exhibit this annual defoliation behavior even though they fruit during the same time period.

Sagittal Cut (Mag 1X, Zoom 1.5X) overhead lighting. Base to the right and tip on left. Opening used by pollinating wasp to gain entrance into syconium is visible on the left.	Sagittal Cut (Mag 2.5X, Zoom 1.5X) overhead lighting. Close up of the tip region distal end of the syconium showing the slightly covered opening into the inner cavity.
Sagittal Cut (Mag 2.5X, Zoom 3.0X) overhead lighting Detailed study of the male reproductive structures surrounding the opening to the syconium cavity. Pollinating wasps would inadvertently transfer pollen from these structures to the hundreds of flowers that make up the inner wall of the syconium.	Transverse Cut (Mag 1.0X, Zoom 1.0X) overhead lighting. Nice view of the inner syconium detail full of seeds (supposedly non-viable).