Tree up to 10 (or more?) m tall, hemi-epiphytic or (secondarily?) terrestrial. Branches drying brown to greyish. Leafy twigs c. 2 mm thick, ± angular, glabrous; periderm persistent or ± flaking off. Leaves spirally arranged; lamina oblong to elliptic or to lanceolate (to linear), 3-15(-24) by 1-5 cm, coriaceous, apex acuminate, base obtuse to rounded, margin flat or slightly revolute towards the base; both surfaces glabrous; midrib (at least the lower part) ± impressed above, lateral veins 6-10(-14) pairs, the basal pair ± distinct, up to 1/10-1/4 the length of the lamina, unbranched, without smaller lateral veins below the (main) pair, tertiary largely parallel to the lateral veins, ± prominent beneath, also slightly prominent above and clearly visible; waxy gland at the base of the midrib; petiole (0.5-)1-1.5(-2) cm long, 1-1.5 mm thick, glabrous, drying blackish to brown; stipules 1-2 cm long, glabrous, caducous. Figs axillary, paired (or solitary), sessile, initially enclosed in up to 0.8 cm long puberulous calyptrate bud covers; basal bracts 3, 1-2 mm long, (sub)equal to ± unequal in size and shape, glabrous, persistent; receptacle subglobose, 0.3-0.6 cm diam. when dry, glabrous, whitish to pinkish (?) at maturity, apex convex to slightly concave, ostiole 1-2 mm diam., (almost) flat, ± open, the 3 upper ostiolar bracts not or partly imbricate; wall smooth when dry; internal hairs absent. Tepals reddish. Ovary partly red.
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