Root-climber. Branchlets drying brown to blackish. Leafy twigs 2-3 mm thick, hollow, glabrous. Leaves distichous; lamina subobovate to oblong, 7-9 by 2.5-3.5 cm, symmetric, coriaceous, apex subacuminate to acute, base (almost) equilateral, cuneate to obtuse, margin entire, ± revolute; both surfaces (sub)glabrous, only with minute brown trichomes, the lower surface tessellate when dry; cystoliths only beneath; midrib ± impressed above, lateral veins 6-9 pairs, the basal pair up to 1/4-1/3 the length of the lamina, well-developed, unbranched, tertiary venation reticulate, the smaller veins flat beneath, the areoles brownish beneath when dry; waxy glands in the axils of the basal lateral veins and of most other lateral veins; petiole 0.8-1.3 cm long, glabrous, the epidermis flaking off; stipules 0.3-0.5 cm long, glabrous, caducous (or subpersistent). Figs solitary or in clusters, below the leaves minute spurs on the older wood; peduncle 1-1.3 cm long; basal bracts 1-1.5 mm long, persistent; receptacle subglobose, c. 0.7 cm diam. when dry, non-stipitate, glabrous, reddish at maturity, apex convex apiculate, ostiole c. 1 mm diam., sunken; internal hairs absent (?). Tepals red. Stamens not seen.
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