Tree c. 13 m tall. Leafy twigs 5-7 mm thick, yellowish puberulous to hirtellous and densely yellow-brown (sub)hirsute; periderm persistent. Leaves spirally arranged; lamina broadly elliptic, 14-20 by 9-14 cm, chartaceous, apex acuminate, base rounded, margin denticulate; upper surface ± densely yellow hirtellous to puberulous on the veins, smooth, lower surface densely yellow-brown subvelutinous on the veins; cystoliths absent; lateral veins 5 or 6 pairs, basal pair up to 1/2-2/3 the length of the lamina, branched, other lateral veins sometimes branched or furcate far from the margin, tertiary venation (loosely) scalariform; waxy glands in the axils of the basal lateral veins; petiole 2-4.5 cm long, yellow-brown subvelutinous, the epidermis persistent; stipules c. 1 cm long, yellow-brown subhirsute, caducous. Figs below the leaves on previous season’s growth, in pairs, sessile; basal bracts 3, 4-5 mm long, yellow appressed-puberulous; receptacle subglobose to ovoid, 1.2-1.5 cm diam. when dry, yellow-brown subvelutinous, colour at maturity unknown, apex convex, ostiole c. 4 mm diam., slightly prominent, the outer ostiolar bracts densely strigillose, ± erect; internal hairs abundant, whitish.
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