Root-climber. Branchlets drying dark brown, with numerous minute lenticels. Leafy twigs c. 2 mm thick, compressed, whitish puberulous. Leaves distichous; lamina elliptic to oblong, 2.5-5 by 1.5-3 cm, symmetric, coriaceous, apex subacute, base equilateral, cuneate to obtuse, margin entire, revolute; upper surface (sub)hispidulous, mainly on the veins, ± scabrous, lower surface whitish subtomentose to puberulous on the veins; cystoliths on both sides; midrib flat to slightly impressed above, lateral veins 4 or 5 pairs, the basal pair up to c. 1/3-1/2 the length of the lamina, (faintly) branched, tertiary venation reticulate, the smaller veins slightly prominent and the areoles bullate beneath; waxy glands in the axils of the basal lateral veins; petiole 0.4-0.8 cm long, whitish puberulous, the epidermis flaking off; stipules 0.4-1 cm long, brownish (sub)sericeous, caducous. Figs axillary, solitary or in pairs; peduncle 0.3-0.5 cm long; basal bracts early caducous, length not known; receptacle subglobose, 0.6-0.7 cm diam. when dry, glabrous or brownish tomentose, green (?) at maturity, 0.05-0.15 cm long stipitate, apex ± umbonate, ostiole c. 0.5 mm diam., sunken; internal hairs few and minute or absent. Tepals red.
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