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Trees, large, epiphytic when young and semiclimbing. Stipules caducous, lanceolate-linear, 2.5-6 cm, pubescent. Petiole 3-4 cm, glabrous or sparsely pubescent; leaf blade narrowly elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, 13-28 × 5-8 cm, ± leathery, abaxially pale green and glabrous or sparsely pubescent, adaxially dark green and glabrous, base cuneate to rarely ± rounded, margin entire, apex shortly acuminate; basal lateral veins 2, short, secondary veins 12-17 on each side of midvein, abaxially conspicuous. Figs axillary on leafy branchlets, paired, reddish orange with scattered white spots when mature, ovoid to cylindric, 2-2.5 × 1.5-2 cm, tuberculate, apical pore navel-like; peduncle robust, 1-1.5 cm; involucral bracts caducous, ovate, apex acute, scar conspicuous. Male, gall, and female flowers within same fig. Male flowers: scattered, pedicellate; stamen 1. Gall flowers: many; sepals connate, apex 3-lobed; ovary ovoid, smooth; stigma flat. Female flowers: few; calyx 4-lobed; style long; stigma clavate. Achenes tuberculate. Fl. May.
A fig. It is a large tree. It grows attached to other trees when young. The leafy growth at the base of the leaf is sword shaped and 2.5-6 cm long. The leaf blade is narrow and oval. It is 13-28 cm long by 5-8 cm wide. It is thinly leathery. It is dark green above and pale green underneath. The base is wedge shaped and it tapers to a short tip. There are 2 veins at the base then 12-17 secondary side veins on each side of the main vein. These are easy to see underneath the leaf. The figs are in pairs in the axils of leaves. They are orange red when mature. They have scattered white spots. They are oval and 2-2.5 cm long by 1.5-2 cm wide. The fruit stalk is strong and 1-1.5 cm long.
