Tree up to 20 (or more?) m tall, hemi-epiphytic or (secondarily?) terrestrial. Branches drying brown to greyish. Leafy twigs 3-8(-10) mm thick, ± angular, white puberulous and/or sparsely yellow subsericeous (on and near the scars of the stipules) to subglabrous; periderm persistent. Leaves spirally arranged; lamina oblong (to elliptic), 12-25(-32) by 7-13(-16) cm, coriaceous, apex acuminate, base cordate to rounded (to obtuse), margin sometimes sinuate; upper surface glabrous, lower surface glabrous or minutely white puberulous on the midrib; cystoliths on both sides; midrib flat above, lateral veins 9-15 pairs, the basal pair distinct, up to 1/6-1/5(-1/4) the length of the lamina, (sparsely and/or faintly) branched, 1-3 pairs of smaller lateral veins below the main pair, tertiary venation reticulate; waxy gland at the base of the midrib; petiole 1-5.5 cm long, 2-3 mm thick, glabrous or minutely white puberulous, drying blackish to brown; stipules 1-1.5 cm long, (sparsely) yellowish sericeous, caducous, often with a distinct median part. Figs axillary, in pairs (or solitary), sessile; basal bracts 2 or 3, 1-4 mm long, unequal in size, yellowish subsericeous, persistent; receptacle ellipsoid to ovoid or to subcylindrical, 2-2.5(-3) cm diam. and up to 5 cm long when dry, sometimes substipitate, (sub)glabrous, at maturity yellow (or red?), apex flat to concave, ostiole 2-3 mm diam., ± prominent, open, the 3 upper ostiolar bracts subequal, not fully imbricate; wall ± shrivelled when dry; internal hairs present, also on the pedicels. Tepals pinkish (to whitish?). Ovary partly red(dish) to whitish.
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