Root-climber. Branchlets drying brown (to blackish); scars of the leaves ± prominent. Leafy twigs 3-6 mm thick, hollow, densely brown(ish) tomentose to subvillous. Leaves distichous; lamina oblong to subovate to elliptic, 6-20(-25) by 3-8 cm, symmetric, coriaceous, apex (sub)acuminate, base equilateral (or inequilateral), rounded to subcordate or to obtuse, margin entire, ± revolute; upper surface glabrous, lower surface densely brown(ish) (sub)tomentose to (very) sparsely puberulous on the veins and whitish tomentellous on the rims of the areoles; cystoliths only beneath; midrib ± impressed above, lateral veins (6-)7-10 pairs, often slightly impressed above, the basal pair up to 1/10-1/8 the length of the lamina, often weakly developed, unbranched or faintly branched, the other lateral veins often furcate far from the margin, tertiary venation reticulate (to subscalariform), the smaller veins (almost) flat beneath, the areoles foveolate; waxy glands in the axils of the basal lateral veins or also of other lateral veins; petiole 1-4 cm long, tomentose, the epidermis flaking off; stipules (0.5-)1-1.5 cm long, densely minutely puberulous to glabrous, caducous. Figs axillary, solitary; peduncle 0.1-0.5 cm long; basal bracts 1.5-2.5 mm long, persistent; receptacle subglobose to subpyriform, 2-3.5 cm diam. when dry, 3-4.5 cm diam. when fresh, non-stipitate or up to 0.5 cm long stipitate, densely brownish puberulous to tomentellous, orange to red at maturity, apex ± umbonate and ostiole c. 2 mm diam., often surrounded by (4 or) 5 ± stiff bracts pointing upwards, ± prominent; internal hairs rather abundant. Tepals pinkish to yellowish or dark red. Stamen 1.
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A climbing fig. The leaves are yellowish. They are 8-16 cm long by 4-7 cm wide. The veins are prominent. The fruit occur singly on short stalks. They are oval and about 3 cm long. The fruit are orange to yellow.
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