Shrub or treelet up to 4 m tall; milk sap sometimes pink. Leafy twigs 2-3 mm thick, brown(ish) puberulous to hirtellous to hispidulous; periderm persistent. Leaves spirally arranged; lamina oblong to subobovate or to lanceolate, 4.5-17 by 2-8.5 cm, (sub)-coriaceous, apex acuminate to subacute, base cuneate to obtuse, margin entire; upper surface sparsely, on the midrib more densely puberulous to subhispidulous to strigillose, scabrous to smooth, lower surface densely to sparsely brown(ish) hirtellous to subtomentose puberulous on the veins; cystoliths absent; lateral veins 5-8 pairs, the basal pair running close to the margin, up to 1/5-1/3 the length of the lamina, unbranched, tertiary venation scalariform to almost reticulate; waxy glands in the axils of the basal lateral veins; petiole 0.8-2(-3) cm long, ± densely puberulous to hirtellous; stipules 0.4-0.8 cm long, brownish subsericeous, caducous. Figs axillary, in pairs or solitary; peduncle 0.3-0.6 cm long; basal bracts 3, 1-2 mm long, minutely puberulous; receptacle subglobose to pyriform, 0.8-1.2 cm diam. when dry, 1.2-1.4 cm diam. when fresh, ± densely hirtellous to patent-puberulous, up to 0.5 cm long stipitate, orange to red at maturity, apex convex, ostiole 2-2.5 mm diam., flat or slightly prominent; internal hairs abundant.
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