Tree up to 30 m tall, hemi-epiphytic or (secondarily?) terrestrial. Branches drying brown to blackish. Leafy twigs 2-4 mm thick, ± angular, glabrous; periderm persistent. Leaves spirally arranged; lamina elliptic to oblong to (sub)ovate, 6-11 by 3-6 cm, coriaceous, apex (sub)acuminate, base rounded to cuneate (to subattenuate), margin flat; both surfaces glabrous; midrib (almost) flat, lateral veins 10-14 pairs, the basal pair slightly or not distinct, up to 1/10-1/6 the length of the lamina, unbranched, tertiary venation parallel to the lateral veins; waxy gland at the base of the midrib; petiole 1.5-4 cm long, 2-3 mm thick, glabrous, drying blackish; stipules 1.5-3 cm long, glabrous, drying blackish, caducous. Figs axillary, paired (or solitary), sessile; basal bracts 3, 5-8 mm long, subequal, glabrous, persistent; receptacle subglobose, 1-1.5 cm diam. when dry, glabrous, yellow to red to purple at maturity, apex convex, ostiole 3-4 mm diam., flat, closed, the 3 upper ostiolar bracts fully imbricate; wall almost smooth when dry; internal hairs absent. Tepals red. Ovary reddish.
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