Tree up to 40 m tall, hemi-epiphytic. Leafy twigs 3-6 mm thick, angular, glabrous or white puberulous. Leaves spirally arranged; lamina elliptic to oblong or to (sub)ovate, 6-15(-24) by 2.5-9(-13) cm, coriaceous, apex short-(sub)acuminate to subacute, base rounded to cuneate, often slightly decurrent; upper and lower surface glabrous; cystoliths on both sides; lateral veins 10-25(-30) pairs, the basal lateral veins hardly distinct, tertiary venation parallel to the lateral veins; waxy gland at the base of the midrib; petiole 2-5(-6.5) cm long, glabrous; stipules 2-5 cm long (on opening shoots up to 16 cm long), glabrous or white puberulous, caducous. Figs axillary, in pairs or solitary, subsessile or with a peduncle up to 0.6 cm long, extended into a (puberulous or glabrous) cupule; basal bracts 3, 5-6 mm long, puberulous, caducous; receptacle ellipsoid to subovoid to cylindrical or to subglobose, 0.8-1.8 cm diam. when dry, glabrous or sparsely puberulous, yellow to orange to red or purple at maturity, maculate, apex ± umbonate, ostiole slit-shaped. Fruits partly embedded in the inner layer of the fig wall.
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