Shrub or tree up to 5(-8) m tall. Leafy twigs 2.5-5 mm thick, ± densely brown hirtellous to subhirsute to white pilose, usually with nodal waxy glands; internodes hollow or solid; periderm persistent. Leaves spirally arranged, (sub)opposite or (sub)distichous; lamina oblong to subobovate to subovate to elliptic, (5-)10-20(-33) by (2-)5-8(-14) cm, mostly ± asymmetric, chartaceous to subcoriaceous, apex (sub)acuminate, base rounded to subcordate or to cuneate, margin entire or ± faintly and irregularly denticulate to subcrenate (towards the apex); upper surface sparsely pilose on the main veins, smooth, lower surface brown to whitish hirtellous to pilose on the veins, smooth, cystoliths only beneath; lateral veins (5-)6-11(-13) pairs, occasionally branched or furcate far from the margin, tertiary venation reticulate; waxy glands small, in the axils of lateral veins in the middle part of the lamina or absent; petiole 1-3.5 cm long, brown to whitish hirtellous to pilose, the epidermis persistent; stipules (1-)1.5-4 cm long, brown to whitish substrigose to pilose or glabrous, (sub)persistent. Figs axillary, in pairs or solitary, occasionally cauliflorous on up to 7 cm long branched branchlets with short internodes; sessile or with a peduncle up to 0.7 cm long; basal bracts 3, verticillate, 1.5-3 mm long; receptacle subglobose to ellipsoid to obovoid, 1-1.8 cm diam. when dry, brown pilose, without lateral bracts, reddish (or purple?) at maturity, apex ± convex, ostiole c. 2.5 mm diam., surrounded by 5 ± swollen apical bracts; internal bristles sparse or absent.
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