Tree up to 35 m tall, hemi-epiphytic or (secondarily?) terrestrial, sometimes a climber. Branches drying pale brown to greyish. Leafy twigs 2-4 mm thick, ± angular, glabrous; periderm persistent. Leaves spirally arranged; lamina oblong to elliptic, (4-)6-18 by (1.5-)2.5-7.5(-9) cm, coriaceous, apex acuminate to subacute, base cuneate to rounded; both surfaces glabrous; midrib slightly prominent to flat above, lateral veins (8-)10-14 pairs, the basal pair ± to hardly distinct, up to 1/10-1/6 the length of the lamina, unbranched, tertiary venation reticulate; waxy gland at the base of the midrib; petiole 1-5 cm long, 1-2 mm thick, glabrous, drying blackish; stipules (0.5-)1-2(-3) cm long, glabrous, caducous. Figs axillary or just below the leaves, 2-4 together (or solitary); peduncle 0.7-1.2 cm long; basal bracts 3, 0.5-1.5 mm long, glabrous, persistent, often ± reflexed; receptacle subglobose, 0.4-0.7(-1) cm diam. when dry, glabrous, yellow to orange at maturity, apex convex to submammillate, ostiole 2-2.5 mm diam., prominent, closed, the 3 upper ostiolar bracts fully imbricate, only 2 visible; wall smooth (or ribbed) when dry; internal hairs absent. Tepals red. Ovary partly (dark) red.
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