Tree, hemi-epiphytic or a climber (?). Branches drying brown. Leafy twigs 2-4 mm thick, ± angular, glabrous; periderm persistent. Leaves spirally arranged; lamina oblong to lanceolate, 10-21 by 3.5-8.5 cm, coriaceous, apex acuminate, base cuneate to obtuse, margin slightly revolute to flat; both surfaces glabrous; midrib flat or slightly impressed towards the base above, lateral veins 8-12 pairs, the basal pair distinct, up to 1/8-1/3 the length of the lamina, unbranched, running parallel to the margin, tertiary venation reticulate to partly parallel to the lateral veins, areoles obscure; waxy gland at the base of the midrib; petiole 2-5 cm long, 1.5-3 mm thick, glabrous, drying brown; stipules 1-2.5 cm long, glabrous, caducous. Figs axillary, paired (or solitary), sessile; basal bracts 3, 1-1.5 mm long, ± unequal, glabrous, persistent; receptacle subglobose, 1.2-1.5 cm diam. when dry, glabrous, yellowish (?) at maturity, apex slightly convex, ostiole c. 2.5 mm diam., (almost) flat, closed, the 3 upper ostiolar bracts fully imbricate; wall smooth when dry; internal hairs absent. Tepals red. Ovary partly red.
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