Lovely picture, Raghu.
Although identifying many of the species can be difficult, figs as a group are relatively easy to recognize. Often the presence of
aerial roots or the general
Gestalt of the plant will give them away. Their fruit are also distinct. The fig fruit is in fact an enclosed
inflorescence, sometimes referred to as a
syconium, an urn-like structure lined on the inside with the fig's tiny flowers. The unique fig
pollination system, involving tiny, highly specific wasps, know as
fig wasps that enter these closed inflorescences to both pollinate and lay their own eggs, has been a constant source of inspiration and wonder to biologists. Finally, there are three vegetative traits that together are unique to figs. All figs possess a white to yellowish sap (
latex), some in copious quantities; the twig has paired
stipules or a circular stipule scar if the stipules have fallen off; and the lateral veins at the base of the leaf are steep, that is they form a tighter angle with the midrib than the other lateral veins, a feature referred to as a "tri-veined".
The above inf. taken from Wikipedia link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fig