Treelet up to 3 m tall. Branchlets drying (dark) brown. Leafy twigs 2-3 mm thick, solid, ± angular, brown subtomentose. Leaves spirally arranged to subdistichous; lamina oblong to lanceolate, 14-22 by 4-8.5 cm, symmetric, coriaceous, apex (sub)acuminate, base rounded to cuneate to subattenuate, margin entire, towards the base slightly revolute; upper surface (very) sparsely puberulous on the midrib, ± shining when dry, lower surface subtomentose on the main veins, smooth; cystoliths only beneath; midrib slightly prominent to flat above, lateral veins 12-15 pairs, slightly impressed to flat, the basal pair ± distinct, tertiary venation reticulate to subscalariform, the smaller veins slightly prominent beneath; waxy glands in the axils of the basal lateral veins; petiole (0.5-) 1-1.5 cm long, brownish subtomentose, the epidermis flaking off; stipules 2-3.5 cm long, densely brown appressed-puberulous to subglabrous, caducous. Figs axillary, in pairs or solitary, sessile; basal bracts 3, verticillate, 2-4 mm long, persistent; receptacle subglobose, 0.7-1.2 cm diam. when dry, non-stipitate, sparsely puberulous, greenish at maturity, apex convex, ostiole c. 1.5 mm diam., ± prominent; internal hairs absent. Tepals red, glabrous. Stamens (1 or) 2.
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