Tree up to 25 m tall, hemi-epiphytic or (secondarily?) terrestrial. Branches drying brown to yellowish. Leafy twigs (1-)2-6 mm thick, ± angular, glabrous (or white puberulous); periderm persistent. Leaves spirally arranged to subdistichous; lamina oblong to elliptic to (sub)obovate, (3-)6-13(-18) by (1-)3-6(-9) cm, coriaceous, apex short-acuminate to rounded, the acumen usually obtuse, base cuneate to obtuse, margin ± revolute and callose (towards the base and extending to the base of the lamina); both surfaces glabrous; midrib ± impressed (at least the lower part) above, lateral veins 6-10 pairs, the basal pair ± distinct, up to 1/4-1/3(-1/2) the length of the lamina, unbranched (or faintly branched), 0 or 1 pairs of smaller lateral veins below the main pair, tertiary venation largely parallel to the lateral veins, slightly prominent to flat and then often obscure like the smaller veins, sometimes also the lateral veins obscure; waxy gland at the base of the midrib; petiole (0.5-)1-4 cm long, (1-)2-3 mm thick, glabrous (or sparsely white puberulous), drying blackish to brown; stipules 1-2(-3) cm long, glabrous (or white puberulous), caducous. Figs axillary, paired (or solitary), sessile; basal bracts 3, 4-8(-10) mm long, (sub)equal, broadly ovate to semicircular with a rounded apex, glabrous (or white puberulous), persistent; receptacle (depressed-) subglobose (or ellipsoid), (0.6-)0.8-1.3(-1.8) cm diam. when dry, glabrous, pink to dark purple at maturity, apex slightly convex to almost flat, ostiole 2-3 mm diam., slightly prominent, open (to closed), the 3 upper ostiolar bracts, unequal, not, hardly or just imbricate; wall ± shrivelled (or smooth) when dry; internal hairs absent. Tepals reddish. Ovary partly red.
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