Shrub (?). Leafy twigs 5-9 mm thick, (sub)glabrous, with nodal glands; internodes hollow; periderm persistent. Leaves spirally arranged, ± tufted; lamina elliptic, 18-28 by 7-13 cm, (almost) symmetric, chartaceous to subcoriaceous, apex acuminate, base (equilateral to ± inequilateral), cuneate to rounded, margin crenate-dentate to entire; upper surface glabrous, smooth, lower surface sparsely brownish strigillose on the main veins, smooth, cystoliths only beneath; lateral veins 9-11 pairs, most of them furcate far from the margin, tertiary venation scalariform; waxy glands in the axils of some (or none?) of the lateral veins in the middle part of the lamina or (also) small ones in furcations of lateral veins or absent; petiole 1-3 cm long, glabrous, the epidermis persistent; stipules 1-3 cm long, glabrous, (sub)persistent. Figs axillary, ± concealed by the stipules, sessile; basal bracts 3, verticillate, c. 3 mm long; receptacle depressed-globose, c. 1.5 cm diam. when dry, glabrous, without lateral bracts, apex slightly convex to slightly concave, ostiole 2.5-3 mm diam., including 5 erect apical bracts; internal hairs sparse. Style of the long-styled flower glabrous.
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