How to identify a fig-tree?

A guide to the fabulous FIGS of Singapore published by the Singapore Science Centre (2005) by Ng, A et al.. is an excellent layperson introduction to the figs of Singapore. It is very user-friendly and enjoyable to read, even the preface is good. There is a lot of interesting snippets in it, like how the "Banyan Tree" got its name. The English who saw Indian traders and merchants called "banyans" in Hindi, trading under the Ficus benghalensis, associated the huge fig trees with the "banyans," hence the tree got it's name!

The illustrations are beautiful, so are the pictures.

One significant thing I learnt from this book is how to identify a fig tree.

Members from the Moraceae family have
(1) Stipules (i.e., bud-coverings) covering the new buds at ends of twigs
(2) Scar rings on twigs (formed from fallen stipules)
(3) Sap (i.e., white or yellow latex)