Shrub or treelet up to 5 m tall. Leafy twigs 2-3 mm thick, subglabrous or brownish hirtellous; periderm persistent. Leaves spirally arranged (to subdistichous); lamina elliptic to oblong to lanceolate (or to ± rhombic), (2-)6-15(-18) by 2-7(-9) cm, (sub)coriaceous, apex acuminate, base cuneate to obtuse, margin irregularly ± coarsely dentate to lobed; upper surface sparsely hispidulous, scabridulous or (sub)glabrous and smooth, lower surface puberulous to subhispidulous or to hirtellous, on the veins scabridulous or (sub)glabrous and smooth; cystoliths absent; lateral veins 4-8(-9) pairs, the basal pair running close to the margin, up to 1/4 the length of the lamina, unbranched, other lateral veins often furcate far from the margin, tertiary venation loosely subscalariform, ± prominent beneath; waxy glands on the midrib at the bases of the basal lateral veins; petiole 1-3.5(-5) cm long, glabrous or brown hirtellous, the epidermis persistent; stipules 0.4-0.8 cm long, white subsericeous, caducous. Figs axillary, in pairs, subsessile or with a peduncle up to 0.4 cm long; basal bracts 3, 1-1.5 mm long, appressed-puberulous; receptacle (sub)globose, 0.6-1 cm diam. when dry, subglabrous or appressed-puberulous to brown hirtellous, red at maturity, apex slightly convex, ostiole c. 2 mm diam., flat to slightly prominent; internal hairs abundant, white.
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