Shrub or tree up to 18 m tall. Leafy twigs 3-5 mm thick, brown hirtellous to subvelutinous, the hairs ± echinate at the base; periderm persistent. Leaves spirally arranged; lamina cordiform to ovate (when juvenile 3-lobed), 8-21 by 6.5-15 cm, chartaceous, apex shortly acuminate to subacute, base (sub)cordate, margin dentate; upper surface hirtellous, ± bullate, ± scabrous, lower surface densely minutely puberulous on the veins and in the areoles, and on the veins also brown to almost white hirtellous (to subvelutinous), on the main veins part of the hairs tufted; cystoliths absent; lateral veins 5-7 pairs, the basal pair up to 1/3-1/2 the length of the lamina, branched, other lateral veins usually branched or furcate far from the margin, tertiary venation scalariform; waxy glands in the axils of the basal lateral veins; petiole 4-8 (when juvenile-11) cm long, brown hirtellous to subvelutinous, the epidermis persistent; stipules 0.5-1(-1.5) cm long, brown hirtellous to substrigose, caducous. Figs axillary, in pairs, sessile; basal bracts 3, 3-5 mm long, brown subsericeous; receptacle subglobose to ellipsoid, 1.6-1.8 cm diam. when dry, 1.8-2 cm diam. when fresh, densely brown hirtellous to subvelutinous, colour at maturity unknown, ostiole c. 3 mm diam., surrounded by dark brown hairy firm bracts; internal hairs abundant, yellowish.
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