Root-climber. Branchlets drying brown. Leafy twigs 2-4 mm thick, solid, (rather) densely brown hirtellous to pilose. Leaves distichous; lamina elliptic, 5-6 by 3-3.5 cm, almost symmetric, coriaceous, apex subacute to obtuse, base ± inequilateral to almost equilateral, if inequilateral, then one (the broad) side often slightly decurrent and (sub)auriculate, the narrow side rounded to obtuse, if equilateral, then rounded to cordulate, margin entire, revolute; upper surface glabrous, lower surface sparsely pilose to puberulous on the main veins, (glabrescent), minutely puberulous on the rims of the areoles; cystoliths only beneath; midrib slightly prominent to flat (but in a depression) and lateral veins ± impressed above, lateral veins 8-10 pairs, the basal pair at the broad side of the lamina up to c. 1/10-1/6 the length of the lamina, unbranched, tertiary venation reticulate, the smaller veins slightly prominent to flat beneath, the areoles foveolate; waxy glands absent; petiole 0.5-1 cm long, sparsely puberulous, the epidermis flaking off; stipules 0.4-0.6 cm long, ± densely and minutely appressed-puberulous, caducous or subpersistent. Figs cauliflorous, solitary; peduncle c. 0.2-0.3 cm long; basal bracts 1.5-2.5 mm long, persistent; receptacle depressed-globose, c. 3.5 cm diam. when dry, substipitate, sparsely brownish appressed-puberulous, colour at maturity unknown, apex convex, ostiole c. 2 mm diam., flat; internal hairs sparse and small. Tepals red. Stamen 1.
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