Tree, large, hemi-epiphytic or (secondarily?) terrestrial. Branches drying brown. Leafy twigs 3-5 mm thick, ± angular, minutely white puberulous or glabrous; periderm persistent. Leaves spirally arranged; lamina elliptic to oblong (or to (sub)ovate), (6-)10-15(-19) by (2.5-)4-7(-9) cm, coriaceous, apex acuminate, the acumen acute, base cuneate to obtuse (to rounded); upper surface glabrous, lower surface glabrous (or minutely white puberulous on the midrib); cystoliths on both sides; midrib slightly prominent but towards the base impressed above, lateral veins 6-10 pairs, the basal pair distinct, up to 1/6-1/3 the length of the lamina, unbranched, departing from the midrib 0.2-0.5(-1) cm above the base of the lamina, 0-1(-3) pairs of smaller lateral veins below the main pair, tertiary venation reticulate; waxy gland at the base of the midrib; petiole (1.5-)2-4 cm long, 1.5-2.5 mm thick, glabrous, drying brown; stipules (1.5-)2-3 cm long, (minutely) white puberulous or glabrous, caducous, usually with a distinct median part. Figs axillary, paired (or solitary), sessile; basal bracts 3, 5-15(-18) mm long, mostly (almost) equal, ovate with an obtuse to rounded apex, covering 1/2-3/4 of the receptacle, often keeled and/or with a distinct median part, puberulous or glabrous, persistent; receptacle ovoid to ellipsoid, 1-1.3 cm diam. when dry, (sub)glabrous, yellow to red at maturity, apex convex to flat, ostiole 2-4 mm diam., slightly prominent to flat, closed, the 3 upper ostiolar bracts fully imbricate; wall ± smooth to ± shrivelled when dry; internal hairs absent. Tepals reddish. Ovary red.
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