Root-climber. Branchlets drying dark brown. Leafy twigs 2-3 mm thick, solid, brownish subtomentose to subvillous. Leaves distichous; lamina oblong to elliptic, 7-12 by 4-6.5, symmetric (or slightly asymmetric), coriaceous, apex acuminate, base (almost) equilateral, cuneate to rounded, margin entire, revolute; upper surface glabrous, lower surface very sparsely minutely appressed-puberulous on the main veins, densely tomentellous on the rims of the areoles; cystoliths only beneath; midrib and lateral veins impressed above, lateral veins 6-9 pairs, the basal pair up to 1/6-1/4 the length of the lamina, (faintly) branched, other lateral veins often furcate far from the margin, tertiary venation reticulate, the smaller veins (almost) flat beneath, the areoles foveolate; waxy glands in the axils of the basal lateral veins; petiole 1.5-2.5 cm long, puberulous, the epidermis flaking off; stipules 1-1.8 cm long, very sparsely minutely puberulous, caducous. Figs cauliflorous (?), solitary; peduncle up to 2 cm long; basal bracts 3-5 mm long, persistent; receptacle ellipsoid, c. 7 cm diam. when dry, up to 1 cm long stipitate, glabrous, pinkish at maturity, apex and ostiole not seen; internal hairs absent. Tepals red. Stamen 1.
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