Tree, hemi-epiphytic or a climber (?). Branches drying dark brown. Leafy twigs 2-3 mm thick, ± angular, brownish puberulous; periderm persistent. Leaves spirally arranged; lamina oblong to lanceolate, (5-)8-13 by (1-)3-4 cm, coriaceous, apex acuminate, base cuneate to rounded, margin slightly revolute to flat; upper surface glabrous, lower surface (very) minutely whitish puberulous on the midrib; midrib impressed above, lateral veins 7-9 pairs, the basal pair distinct, up to 1/6-1/3 the length of the lamina, unbranched, running parallel to the margin, tertiary venation reticulate to partly parallel to the lateral veins, areoles clearly visible, brownish; waxy gland at the base of the midrib; petiole 1-1.5 cm long, c. 2 mm thick, brownish (to whitish) puberulous, drying blackish; stipules 1-1.5 cm long, brownish puberulous, caducous. Figs axillary or also just below the leaves, paired (or solitary), sessile; basal bracts 3, c. 2 mm long, ± unequal, glabrous, persistent; receptacle subglobose, 0.5-0.8 cm diam. when dry, sparsely and minutely brownish to whitish puberulous, at maturity yellowish (?), apex convex to flat, ostiole c. 2.5 mm diam., (almost) flat, closed, the 3 upper ostiolar bracts fully imbricate; wall ribbed when dry; internal hairs absent. Tepals red. Ovary partly red.
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