Shrub up to 3 m tall, spreading with flat-topped crown, with apparent Terminalia-branching. Leafy twigs 2-4 mm thick, (sub)glabrous, internodes hollow; periderm flaking off. Leaves spirally arranged, tufted; lamina oblong to subobovate to (ob)lanceolate, (1.5-)3-11 by (0.5-)1-5 cm, (sub)coriaceous, apex subacute to subacuminate to obtuse, base rounded to cuneate, margin entire; upper surface glabrous or sparsely white hairy, mainly on the midrib and the margin, glabrescent, smooth, lower surface glabrous or sparsely appressed-puberulous on the midrib; cystoliths on both sides; lateral veins 6-13 pairs, the basal pair ± distinct, tertiary venation reticulate to subscalariform (with up to 6 rather obscure intercostals); waxy glands in the axils of the basal lateral veins, often conspicuous; petiole 0.3-3 cm long, glabrous or sparsely minutely puberulous, the epidermis flaking off; stipules 0.5-1.5 cm long, glabrous, subpersistent or caducous. Figs axillary, solitary or in pairs, or cauliflorous on up to 2 cm long, ± tuberculate leafless branchlets on the stem; peduncle 0.3-2.3 cm long; basal bracts 3, ± scattered to (almost) verticillate, 1-1.5 mm long; receptacle globose to depressed-globose, 0.8-2.2 cm diam. when dry, 1.5-2.5 cm diam. when fresh, often up to 0.4 cm long stipitate, minutely appressed-puberulous, glabrescent, with several lateral bracts, dull red to brown at maturity, apex convex to ± concave, ostiole 2-3 mm diam., ± umbonate, surrounded by erect apical bracts; internal hairs sparse to abundant white.
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A fig. It is a shrub or small tree. It can be 1-3 m tall. It has spreading branches and the tree can be leaning. The leaves are dark green above and pale underneath. The figs are in the axils of the leaves. They are round and green. They are 2-3 cm across.
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