Tree up to 15 (or more?) m tall, hemi-epiphytic or (secondarily?) terrestrial. Branches drying brown. Leafy twigs 2-4 mm thick, ± angular to subterete, glabrous; periderm persistent. Leaves spirally arranged; lamina oblong to elliptic, 7-15 by 4-9 cm, coriaceous, apex short-acuminate to subacute, base obtuse to rounded, margin flat or ± revolute towards the base; both surfaces glabrous; midrib slightly prominent to flat above, lateral veins 8-11 pairs, the basal pair ± distinct, up to 1/6-1/4 the length of the lamina, unbranched, tertiary largely parallel to the lateral veins; waxy gland at the base of the midrib; petiole 1.5-3.5 cm long, 2-3 mm thick, glabrous, drying blackish to brown; stipules 1.5-2.5(-3) cm long, glabrous, caducous. Figs axillary, paired (or solitary); peduncle 0.5-1.2 cm long; basal bracts 3, 5-7 mm long, (sub)equal, glabrous or sparsely and minutely puberulous, persistent; receptacle ellipsoid to ovoid, 1.2-1.8 cm diam. when dry, glabrous, deep red at maturity, apex slightly convex to flat, ostiole 2-2.5 mm diam., (almost) flat, open, the 3 upper ostiolar bracts not or partly imbricate, numerous ostiolar bracts underneath visible; wall ± shrivelled when dry; internal bristles absent. Tepals reddish. Ovary reddish.
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