Root-climber. Branchlets drying brown; scars of the leaves prominent. Leafy twigs 3-7(-10) mm thick, hollow, sparsely and minutely whitish puberulous (or ± densely brownish subtomentose to puberulous). Leaves in lax spirals to distichous; lamina oblong to subovate (or elliptic to ovate), 10-20(-30) by 4-13 cm, (almost) symmetric, coriaceous, apex acuminate, base equilateral, cuneate to subcordate (to cordate), margin entire, ± revolute; upper surface glabrous, lower surface glabrous (or ± subtomentose to puberulous on the veins), tessellate when dry; cystoliths only beneath; midrib slightly prominent above, lateral veins (3-)4-6 pairs, the basal pair up to 1/3-1/2(-3/4) the length of the lamina, branched, the other lateral veins often branched or furcate far from the margin, tertiary venation subscalariform to reticulate, the smaller veins slightly prominent to flat beneath, the areoles ± clearly brownish when dry; waxy glands in the axils of the basal lateral veins and also in axils of some other lateral veins and in the axils of branches and in furcations of lateral veins; petiole 1.5-7.5 cm long, sparsely and minutely puberulous to glabrous (or ± densely subtomentose to puberulous), the epidermis flaking off; stipules (0.5-)1-2(-2.5) cm long, sparsely to densely minutely puberulous, only ciliolate, or glabrous, caducous. Figs axillary, solitary or in pairs; peduncle 0.1-1.3 cm long; basal bracts 1-2 mm long, persistent; receptacle ellipsoid (to subglobose), 1.5-2.5 cm diam. when dry, 3-4 cm diam. when fresh, 0.5-3 cm long stipitate, sparsely to rather densely white puberulous (to subglabrous), orange to reddish(-brown) to scarlet, finally purple to black at maturity, apex slightly umbonate, ostiole 1-2 mm diam., slightly sunken to flat; internal hairs sparse and short or absent. Tepals pinkish to whitish. Staminate flowers with long pedicels. Stamens 1 (or 2). Neuter flowers absent.
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