Root-climber. Branchlets drying brown. Leafy twigs 2-3 mm thick, solid, minutely puberulous and partly pilose. Leaves distichous; lamina oblong to elliptic, (2-)5-12 by (1-)2-5.5 cm, ± asymmetric (at least at the base), coriaceous, apex (sub)acuminate, base ± inequilateral, the broad side slightly decurrent and (sub)auriculate, the narrow side obtuse to subcordate, margin entire, ± revolute; upper surface glabrous, lower surface sparsely pilose on the main veins, sparsely minutely puberulous or glabrous on the rims of the areoles, areoles foveolate or tessellate when dry, or neither foveolate nor tessellate; cystoliths only beneath; midrib slightly prominent above, lateral veins 6-9 pairs, the basal pair up to c. 1/6-1/4 the length of the lamina, (faintly) branched, other lateral veins often furcate far from the margin, tertiary venation reticulate, the smaller veins slightly prominent to flat beneath, the areoles foveolate, only brownish when dry, or neither foveolate nor tessellate; waxy glands in the axils of the basal lateral veins; petiole 0.4-0.8 cm long, pilose, the epidermis flaking off; stipules 0.4-0.8 cm long, minutely appressed-puberulous or also subpilose, subpersistent. Figs cauliflorous, solitary; peduncle 0.2-0.5 cm long; basal bracts 4-6 mm long, persistent; receptacle ellipsoid, 2.5-3 cm diam. when dry, c. 5 cm diam. when fresh, non-stipitate or up to 0.8 cm long stipitate, whitish to brownish velutinous, pinkish at maturity, apex convex to slightly umbonate, ostiole c. 3 mm diam., surrounded by a rim; internal hairs rather sparse or absent. Tepals red. Stamen 1.
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