Tree up to 10 m tall. Leafy twigs 4-6 mm thick, appressed-puberulous to glabrous; periderm persistent. Leaves spirally arranged; lamina oblong to elliptic to (sub)obovate or (when juvenile) palmately 3-fid, 6-18(-26) by 2.5-6(-10) cm (when juvenile up to 26 by 10 cm), (sub)coriaceous, apex shortly acuminate, base cuneate to truncate (to subcordate), margin denticulate to entire; upper surface sparsely (on the veins more densely) strigillose, smooth, lower surface sparsely strigillose to puberulous on the veins; cystoliths absent; lateral veins 4-6 pairs, the basal pair (if not running close to the margin) up to 1/3-2/3 the length of the lamina, usually branched, other lateral veins sometimes furcate far from the margin; waxy glands in the axils of the basal lateral veins; petiole (1-)2-4.5 (when juvenile-10) cm long, sparsely strigillose, the epidermis persistent; stipules 1-1.6 cm long, ciliolate and a tuft of hairs at the apex (or with sparse stiff hairs on and along the keel), caducous. Figs axillary, in pairs, sessile; basal bracts 3, 1.5-2.5 mm long, ciliolate; receptacle subglobose, (0.7-)1-1.2 cm diam. when dry, sparsely appressed-puberulous, red to crimson at maturity, apex convex, ostiole 1.5-2 mm diam., slightly prominent to impressed; internal hairs sparse, short, white.
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