Shrub or tree up to 11 m tall, often hemi-epiphytic. Branchlets drying brownish. Leafy twigs 1-3(-5) mm thick, hispidulous, scabridulous; internodes solid. Leaves distichous; lamina oblong to subobovate to elliptic (to lanceolate), 10-25(-34) by 4-8(-15) cm, (almost) symmetric, coriaceous to subcoriaceous, apex acuminate to caudate, base distinctly inequilateral to almost equilateral, cuneate to obtuse, one side often decurrent and often ± distinctly auriculate, crenate-dentate to entire, flat; upper surface glabrous, smooth, lower surface ± sparsely hispidulous, scabridulous to almost smooth; cystoliths only beneath; midrib and basal lateral veins (or also other lateral veins) ± impressed above; lateral veins (6-)8-13 pairs, the basal pair mostly somewhat different from the other lateral veins, running close to the margin, up to c. 1/8 the length of the lamina, unbranched, the other lateral veins sometimes furcate or branched, tertiary venation laxly (sub)scalariform; waxy glands in the axil of one of the basal lateral veins or (especially in large leaves) usually also (unilaterally or bilaterally) smaller ones in axils of one or some other lateral veins; petiole 0.3-1(-2) cm long, sparsely hispidulous, the epidermis flaking off; stipules semi-amplexicaul, 0.3-0.8(-1.2) cm long, glabrous, caducous. Figs axillary, solitary or paired, or clustered on minute spurs, or ramiflorous to cauliflorous, clustered on up to 0.5 cm long spurs or tubercles; peduncle 0.3-1(-2.5) cm long; peduncular bracts 2 or 3, at the base of the peduncle, rarely one in the middle, c. 0.5 mm long; receptacle (sub)globose (to ellipsoid), 0.3-0.8(-1) cm diam. when dry, 1-1.2 cm diam. when fresh, (very) sparsely hispidulous (to glabrous), ± scabrous (or smooth), without lateral bracts, yellow to red at maturity, apex convex, ostiole c. 1 mm diam., surrounded by faint rim; internal hairs absent or few and minute. Tepals whitish, glabrous or minutely hairy at the apices. Styles glabrous.
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A fig. It is a shrub or strangler fig. It grows up to 8 m tall. The stem has white sap. The leaves are alternate and simple. They can be unequal at the base. The fruit are 6 mm across. They can be yellow, orange, red or purple. They are round. The figs are along the twigs.
In undisturbed to slightly disturbed (open) mixed dipterocarp, (peat)-swamp, and sub-montane forests at elevations up to 1,500 metres. Common on alluvial sites and along rivers and streams. Also found on ultrabasic soils.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows in Borneo.
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