Tree up to 25 m tall, hemi-epiphytic or (secondarily?) terrestrial. Branches drying greyish to pale brown. Leafy twigs (3-)5-8 mm thick, ± angular, brownish puberulous (and glabrescent) or glabrous; periderm persistent. Leaves spirally arranged; lamina elliptic to oblong to (sub)obovate, 12-20(-26) by 5-12(-14) cm, coriaceous, apex acuminate, tip acute, base rounded to cordate (with a narrow sinus) or to cuneate; upper surface minutely whitish puberulous, mainly on or also along (the lower part of) the midrib or also in the lateral veins, lower surface ± densely to (very) sparsely brownish to whitish puberulous on the (main) veins (to subglabrous); cystoliths on both sides; midrib or also the lateral veins impressed above, lateral veins 7-12(-15) pairs, the basal pair distinct, up to 1/6-1/3(-1/2) the length of the lamina, branched, 1 or 2 (or 3) pairs of smaller lateral veins below the main pair, tertiary venation reticulate (to subscalariform), ± prominent beneath; waxy gland at the base of the midrib; petiole 1.5-5.5 cm long, 2-3 mm thick, brownish to whitish puberulous, drying blackish (or brown); stipules (0.5-)1-2.5 cm long, brown to whitish (sub)sericeous to puberulous, caducous, sometimes with a distinct median part. Figs axillary, paired or solitary, initially enclosed up to 2 cm long calyptrate bud covers, sessile; basal bracts 3, semicircular to ovate, 6-12 mm long, ± unequal, 1 or 2 with a distinct median part or keeled, glabrous or appressed puberulous (on the median part), persistent; receptacle ellipsoid to ovoid, 1.5-2 cm diam. and up to 3 cm long when dry, (sub)glabrous, red to purple-black at maturity, apex slightly convex to flat, ostiole 2-4 mm diam., flat to prominent, closed, the 3 upper ostiolar bracts fully imbricate, sometimes only 2 bracts visible; wall smooth or ± shrivelled when dry; internal hairs absent. Tepals red(dish). Ovary red.
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