Tree up to 8 m tall. Leafy twigs 4-8 mm thick, glabrous, smooth, with some small lenticels just below the (scars of the) stipules; internodes hollow. Leaves spirally arranged to (sub)opposite; lamina obovate to oblanceolate, often subpandurate, (20-) 25-50 by (8-)12-22 cm, symmetric or slightly asymmetric, subcoriaceous, apex acuminate, base cordate, margin (sub)entire; upper surface glabrous, smooth, lower surface very sparsely hispidulous on the main veins, scabridulous; cystoliths on both sides; lateral veins (8-)10-12 pairs, the basal pair up to 1/8-1/4 the length of the lamina, branched, tertiary venation (laxly) scalariform; waxy glands in the axils of both basal lateral veins and also smaller ones in the axils of other lateral veins; petiole 1.5-8 cm long, varying distinctly in length on the same twig, (2-)3-5 mm thick, glabrous, the epidermis flaking off; stipules semi-amplexicaul to lateral, 1.5-3(-3.5) cm long, stiff and often subsubulate, striate, glabrous or appressed-puberulous, subpersistent to caducous, on twig apices often tufts of (sub)persistent stipules. Figs cauliflorous, on clusters of up to 2 cm long leafless branches with short internodes; peduncle 2-3(-5) cm long; peduncular bracts 2 or 3, 0.5-1 mm long; receptacle (sub)globose to ellipsoid, 1.3-2 cm diam. when dry, glabrous, often conspicuously lenticellate, (usually) with few 0.5-1 mm long lateral bracts, colour at maturity unknown, apex ± convex, ostiole c. 2.5 mm diam., surrounded by a low rim; internal hairs minute and sparse or absent. Tepals whitish to pinkish, (sparsely) hairy at the apices or glabrous. Styles glabrous.
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