Shrub, tree up to 10(-20?) m tall, often lianescent and/or hemi-epiphytic. Branchlets drying brown. Leafy twigs 2-3(-4) mm thick, ± densely brown puberulous to subtomentose to subhispidulous, smooth or scabridulous; internodes solid. Leaves distichous; lamina oblong to elliptic or to lanceolate to subobovate or to subovate, 8-25(-36) by 4-12(-14) cm, (almost) symmetric to ± asymmetric, (sub)coriaceous, often drying reddish, apex acuminate to subcaudate, base (almost) equilateral, rounded to obtuse (to cuneate), margin entire, often ± revolute; upper surface glabrous or hairy at the base(s) of the midrib (and the basal lateral veins), smooth, mostly shiny, lower surface ± densely puberulous to subtomentose to sparsely (sub)hispidulous on the veins, smooth to scabridulous; cystoliths only beneath; midrib impressed above; lateral veins 3-6 pairs, the basal pair up to 1/2-3/4 the length of the lamina, if not running close to the margin of the lamina then ± branched, the other lateral veins often branched or furcate, tertiary venation scalariform, the greater part of the tertiary venation ± perpendicular to the midrib; waxy glands in the axils of one of the basal lateral veins or of both; petiole 0.5-1.5 cm long, densely brown puberulous to subtomentose, the epidermis persistent; stipules amplexicaul, 0.4-0.8 cm long, brown puberulous to subtomentose, caducous. Figs axillary or just below the leaves, in pairs or solitary; peduncle 0.5-1.5(-2.5) cm long; peduncular bracts 2 or 3, scattered, mostly near the base, 0.5-1 mm long; receptacle (sub)globose (or ovoid to subpyriform), 0.8-1.5 cm diam. when dry, 1.5-2.5 cm diam. when fresh, ± densely brownish puberulous to subhispidulous, often scabridulous, without lateral bracts, yellow to orange to red or reddish brown at maturity, apex convex to slightly umbonate, ostiole c. 2 mm diam., surrounded by a (low) rim; internal hairs sparse to abundant, short to minute. Tepals pinkish, glabrous or minutely hairy at the apices. Styles glabrous.
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A small tree or strangler fig. It grows 12 m tall. The stems have white sap. The leaves are alternate and simple. They are hairy underneath. The fruit are 13 mm across. They can be yellow, orange or red. They are round and along the twigs.
An understorey plant, common in lowland forest, often on riversides, at elevations up to 1,000 metres. In disturbed to undisturbed (open) mixed dipterocarp and sub-montane forests, at elevations up to 1,500 metres.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows in open forests and up to 1,500 m above sea level. It is often along rivers and in sandy soil.
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