Tree up to 20(-30) m tall, hemi-epiphytic or (secondarily?) terrestrial. Branches drying brown to blackish. Leafy twigs 2-3 mm thick, ± angular, glabrous or minutely white puberulous; periderm persistent or flaking off. Leaves spirally arranged to subdistichous; lamina elliptic to oblong or (sub)obovate, (2.5-)5-10(-13) by 1-4(-6) cm, coriaceous, apex (sub)acuminate to obtuse (to rounded), base rounded to cuneate, margin flat or ± revolute (towards the base); upper surface glabrous (or sparsely and minutely white puberulous at the base of the midrib), lower surface glabrous; midrib (at least the lower part) ± impressed above, lateral veins (4-)5-8 pairs, the basal pair distinct, up to (1/5-)1/4-1/3(-1/2) the length of the lamina, unbranched, ± curved to straight, tertiary largely parallel to the lateral veins; waxy gland at the base of the midrib; petiole (0.5-)1-2(-2.5) cm long, 1-2(-2.5) mm thick, glabrous (or minutely white puberulous), drying dark brown to blackish; stipules (0.5-)1-1.5 cm long, glabrous or sparsely to densely minutely white puberulous, caducous. Figs axillary, paired (or solitary), sessile; basal bracts 3, 3-5 mm long, (sub)equal, glabrous (or minutely white puberulous), the median part distinct, persistent; receptacle ellipsoid, 0.5-1(-1.2) cm diam. and 0.7-1.3 cm long, glabrous, red(dish) at maturity, apex flat, ostiole 2.5-3 mm diam., slightly prominent to flat, closed, the 3 upper ostiolar bracts fully imbricate; wall ± shrivelled when dry; internal hairs absent. Tepals reddish. Ovary partly red.
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