Tree up to c. 30 m tall, hemi-epiphytic or a climber (?). Branches drying brown. Leafy twigs 3-5 mm thick, ± angular, glabrous; periderm persistent. Leaves spirally arranged; lamina oblong to lanceolate, 14-23 by 4-10 cm, coriaceous, apex acuminate, base rounded to obtuse, margin revolute; upper surface glabrous, lower surface (very) minutely white puberulous on the midrib or also on the lateral veins; midrib ± impressed above, lateral veins 7-10 pairs, the basal pair distinct, up to 1/6-1/4 the length of the lamina, unbranched (or faintly branched), often running parallel to the margin, tertiary venation reticulate to partly parallel to the lateral veins; waxy gland at the base of the midrib; petiole 3-4 cm long, 2-3 mm thick, (very) minutely white puberulous to subglabrous, drying brown; stipules 2-3 cm long, very minutely puberulous to subglabrous, caducous. Figs axillary, paired (or solitary), sessile; basal bracts 3, 1-3 mm long, ± unequal in shape and size, glabrous, persistent; receptacle subglobose to ovoid to ellipsoid, 1.2-1.6 cm diam. when dry, glabrous, red at maturity, apex convex to submammillate, ostiole 3-4 mm diam., (almost) flat, closed, the 3 upper ostiolar bracts fully imbricate, sometimes only 2 bracts visible; wall shrivelled when dry; internal hairs absent. Tepals red. Ovary partly red.
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