Tree up to c. 40 m tall. Branchlets drying (dark) brown. Leafy twigs 1-2 mm thick, solid, ± angular to compressed, glabrous. Leaves in lax spirals to subdistichous; lamina oblong to elliptic to subobovate, 3-12 by 1-4 cm, symmetric, coriaceous, apex (sub)acuminate to obtuse, base cuneate to obtuse, margin entire, (almost) flat to ± revolute; upper surface glabrous, slightly shining when dry, lower surface glabrous, smooth; midrib almost flat above, lateral veins 7-10 pairs, the basal pair slightly or not distinct, tertiary venation reticulate to partly parallel to the lateral veins, the smaller veins flat beneath; waxy glands in the axils of the basal lateral veins; petiole 0.4-1(-1.3) cm long, glabrous, the epidermis flaking off; stipules 0.5-1.2 cm long, glabrous, caducous. Figs axillary, in pairs; peduncle 0.2-0.7 cm long; basal bracts 1-3, scattered, one at the base of the peduncle, the other(s) upward or subtending the receptacle, c. 0.5 cm long, persistent; receptacle ellipsoid to subglobose, 0.4-0.5 cm diam. when dry, glabrous, red at maturity, apex convex to slightly umbonate, ostiole 1-1.5 mm diam., slightly prominent to flat; internal hairs absent. Tepals (dark) red, glabrous. Stamens 2.
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A small tree. The leaves are smooth and shiny. The fruit are round and green.
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