Ficus kurzii King

Tree up to 10(-30) m tall, hemi-epiphytic or (secondarily?) terrestrial with copious aerial roots from the branches. Branches drying brown. Leafy twigs 2-4 mm thick, ± angular to subterete, glabrous; periderm flaking off. Leaves spirally arranged; lamina elliptic to oblong, 4-10(-12) by 1.5-4.5(-5) cm, coriaceous, apex (short-)acuminate to subacute, base cuneate to rounded; both surfaces glabrous; midrib slightly prominent in the lower part to flat in the upper part of the lamina, lateral veins 8-10 pairs, the basal pair ± distinct, up to 1/8-1/5(-1/3) the length of the lamina, unbranched, tertiary venation largely parallel to the lateral veins; waxy gland at the base of the midrib; petiole 0.5-1.2(-2) cm long, 1-1.5 mm thick, glabrous, drying blackish; stipules 0.5-1(-1.2) cm long, glabrous, caducous, often with a distinct median part and the margins often curling outwards. Figs axillary, paired (or solitary), sessile; basal bracts 2 or 3, c. 0.5 mm long, unequal in size and shape, glabrous, persistent (or caducous?); receptacle subglobose, 0.5-0.8 cm diam. when dry, often substipitate (or up to 1 cm long stipitate), glabrous, ± pustulate, dark cherry-red to crimson-purple to black at maturity, apex slightly convex, ostiole 1-2 mm diam., slightly prominent to flat, open, the 3 upper ostiolar bracts not fully imbricate; wall smooth (but pustulate) when dry; internal hairs absent. Tepals red. Ovary red.