Shrub or tree up to 5(-8) m tall. Branchlets often drying red-brown. Leafy twigs 2-5 mm thick, coarsely hispidulous, the hairs with strongly swollen bases, scabrous; internodes hollow. Leaves distichous; lamina oblong to elliptic to subovate or to lanceolate, (5-)10-25(-36) by 3-10(-14) cm, mostly strongly asymmetric (sometimes almost symmetric), subcoriaceous, apex acuminate, base strongly inequilateral, at the broad side cordate with the lobe mostly covering the petiole, at the narrow side cuneate to subcordate (or in almost symmetric laminas both sides cordate), margin irregularly denticulate to lobate or subentire; upper surface (sparsely) hispidulous, scabrous to scabridulous, often ± bullate, lower surface sparsely hispidulous on the (main) veins, scabrous; cystoliths on both sides; lateral veins 5-8(-11) pairs, the basal pair to 1/4-1/3(-1/2) the length of the lamina, (at least) at the broad side branched, tertiary venation (laxly) scalariform; waxy glands in the axils of both basal lateral veins, and at the broad side of the lamina also in the axil of the lateral vein below the main basal one; petiole 0.3-1(-1.5) cm long, slightly different to almost equal in length on the same twig, sparsely and coarsely hispidulous, the hairs with strongly swollen bases, the epidermis persistent; stipules semi-amplexicaul, 0.5-1(-1.2) cm long, (minutely) puberulous on the keel, caducous. Figs axillary, solitary or in pairs, or ramiflorous to cauliflorous, on up to 1 cm long leafless branches with short internodes; peduncle 0.4-1 cm long; peduncular bracts 2 or 3, mostly scattered, 0.5-1 mm long; receptacle subglobose, 0.8-1.8 cm diam. when dry, sparsely hispidulous to glabrous, ± scabrous to smooth, without lateral bracts, yellow to red at maturity, apex convex, ostiole c. 3 mm diam.; internal hairs few or absent. Tepals pinkish to whitish, glabrous. Styles glabrous.
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