Tree up to 12 m tall. Leafy twigs 2-4 mm thick, sparsely whitish puberulous to subhispidulous to (sub)glabrous (or densely tomentose), smooth or scabridulous; internodes solid or hollow. Leaves in lax spirals, sometimes (sub)opposite; lamina oblong to elliptic (to (sub)obovate), 9-30 by 5-12 cm, symmetric or slightly asymmetric, chartaceous to subcoriaceous, apex acuminate, base cordate to subcordate, margin entire to coarsely crenate-dentate, often ± revolute; upper surface glabrous or sparsely hispidulous (or rather densely subtomentose on the midrib), smooth to scabrous, lower surface very sparsely hispidulous on the main veins (or densely tomentose on all veins), scabrous to smooth; cystoliths on both sides; lateral veins 5-9 pairs, the basal pair up to (1/5-)1/4-1/3 the length of the lamina, these and sometimes also other lateral veins branched or furcate, tertiary venation (laxly) scalariform; waxy glands in the axils of both basal lateral veins; petiole (1-)3-7 cm long, slightly different to almost equal in length on the same twig, (very) sparsely puberulous (or densely tomentose), the epidermis ± flaking off, mostly clearly so at the basal and upper part; stipules lateral, subovate, chartaceous, c. 0.5 cm long, minutely appressed-puberulous, caducous. Figs axillary, solitary or in pairs, mostly ramiflorous to cauliflorous, on (clusters of) spurs and up to 2 cm leafless branchlets with short internodes, down to the trunk; peduncle 0.5-1.5(-3) cm long; peduncular bracts 1 or 2, scattered or subopposite, c. 0.5 mm long; receptacle (sub)globose to ellipsoid, 0.4-0.5, 0.8-1.2 or 1-1.5 cm diam. when dry, very sparsely to rather densely (sub)hispidulous (or densely subtomentose), the rigid hairs often with a ± swollen base, scabridulous, with few 0.5-1 mm long lateral bracts or none, colour at maturity unknown, apex ± convex to umbonate, ostiole 1-1.5 (or 3-3.5) mm diam., surrounded by a low to high rim; internal hairs minute, abundant to few or absent. Tepals red, (sparsely) hairy at the apices. Styles glabrous or sparsely hairy.
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