Shrub or treelet, terrestrial. Branchlets drying (dark) brown. Leafy twigs 1-2 mm thick, rather densely puberulous, smooth; internodes solid. Leaves distichous; lamina oblong to elliptic to (sub)ovate, 1-10 by 0.5-4.5 cm, slightly asymmetric to (almost) symmetric, chartaceous to subcoriaceous, apex acute to obtuse, base (almost) equilateral, rounded to obtuse, margin crenate-dentate to sublobate, flat to slightly revolute towards the base; upper surface hispidulous, on the main veins to puberulous, ± scabrous, dull, lower surface sparsely (sub)hispidulous, to puberulous on the main veins, scabrous to almost smooth; cystoliths on both sides; midrib flat above; lateral veins 2-6 pairs, the basal pair running (rather) close to the margin, up to 1/5-1/3 the length of the lamina, unbranched or faintly branched, other lateral veins often furcate far from the margin, tertiary venation reticulate to subscalariform; waxy glands in the axils of both lateral veins or also in the axils of some other lateral veins; petiole 0.2-1 cm long, puberulous, the epidermis flaking off; stipules amplexicaul, 0.2-0.3 cm long, puberulous, caducous. Figs axillary or just below the leaves, solitary; peduncle 0.1-0.2 cm long; peduncular bracts 3, scattered, 0.5-1 mm long; receptacle (sub)globose, c. 0.4 cm diam. when dry, puberulous to subhispidulous, scabridulous to almost smooth, sometimes (?) with a lateral bract, yellow to red at maturity, apex ± umbonate, ostiole c. 1 mm diam., surrounded by a rim; internal hairs minute and sparse. Tepals pinkish, glabrous. Styles glabrous.
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