Tree (medium-sized?). Leafy twigs 1.5-2.5 mm thick, very sparsely whitish minutely subhispidulous to (sub)glabrous, smooth; internodes solid or hollow. Leaves in lax spirals, sometimes (sub)opposite; lamina oblong, 7-12.5 by 2.5-4.5 cm, slightly asymmetric or to almost symmetric, subcoriaceous, apex acuminate to subacute, base rounded to cuneate, margin entire, flat; both surfaces glabrous, smooth; cystoliths on both sides; lateral veins 6-8(-9) pairs, the basal pair running close to the margin, unbranched, up to 1/5-1/3 the length of the lamina, unbranched, the other lateral veins sometimes furcate, tertiary venation subscalariform to reticulate; waxy glands in the axils of both basal lateral veins; petiole 0.8-4.5 cm long, clearly different to almost equal in length on the same twig, (very) sparsely puberulous to glabrous, the epidermis flaking off; stipules lateral to semi-amplexicaul, subovate, chartaceous, c. 0.5 cm long, ciliolate, caducous. Figs axillary, solitary; peduncle 0.8-2.3 cm long; peduncular bracts 2 or 3, scattered, 0.5 mm long; receptacle (sub)globose to ellipsoid, 0.5-1.3 cm diam. when dry, sparsely hispidulous or glabrous, scabridulous or smooth, with few 0.5-1 mm long lateral bracts or none, colour at maturity unknown, apex ± convex to umbonate, ostiole 1.5-2.5 mm diam., ± sunken or surrounded by a low rim; internal hairs minute, few. Tepals red (dark brown when dry), (sparsely) hairy at the apices. Styles sparsely hairy.
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