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Tree up to 30 (or more) m tall, hemi-epiphytic or (secondarily?) terrestrial. Branches drying greyish to brown. Leafy twigs 2-3 mm thick, ± angular, glabrous or sparsely minutely whitish puberulous; periderm persistent. Leaves spirally arranged; lamina oblong, 6-15(-21) by 2.5-5.5(-8.5) cm, coriaceous, apex acuminate to subacute (to subcaudate), base cuneate to rounded; both surfaces glabrous; midrib slightly prominent to flat above, lateral veins 6-9(-10) pairs, the basal pair distinct, up to 1/10-1/6 the length of the lamina, unbranched, tertiary venation reticulate; waxy gland at the base of the midrib; petiole 1-3(-5) cm long, 1-2 mm thick, glabrous, drying brown to blackish; stipules 1-1.5(-1.7) cm long, (sub)glabrous, caducous. Figs axillary, paired (or solitary); peduncle 0.3-1.2 cm long; basal bracts early caducous; receptacle subglobose, 0.5-0.7 cm diam. when dry, glabrous, yellow-orange to purple-black at maturity, apex convex, ostiole 2-2.5 mm diam., slightly prominent to flat, the 3 upper ostiolar bracts fully imbricate; wall smooth when dry; internal hairs absent. Tepals pinkish. Ovary partly red.
A fig. It is a tree that grows 15 m tall. The trunk is 15-30 cm across. Young branches are softly hairy. The leaf stalks are 1-3 cm long. The leaves are 10-20 cm long by 3-7 cm wide. The figs are in the axils of leaves in leafy branches. They are in pairs and are orange to yellow when ripe. They are about 1 cm across.
