Tree up to 20 m tall. Leafy twigs 2.5-5 mm thick, densely (to sparsely) brown(ish) hirtellous to strigillose to subhispidulous, to whitish appressed-(to patent-)puberulous to strigillose, with (or without?) nodal waxy glands; internodes hollow; periderm flaking off (often starting below the leaves). Leaves spirally arranged, subdistichous or (sub)opposite; lamina oblong, 8-28(-34) by 3-12(-15) cm, ± asymmetric (or symmetric), chartaceous to subcoriaceous, apex acuminate, base cordate to subcordate (to rounded) at the broad side, subcordate to rounded (to obtuse) at the narrow side, margin ± irregularly crenate-dentate to-denticulate, flat; upper surface white strigillose to appressed-puberulous, scabridulous to smooth, lower surface (sometimes sparsely) strigose to strigillose to hirtellous to white appressed-puberulous on the veins, on the main vein hairs distinctly different in length, smooth, cystoliths only beneath; lateral veins 7-12 pairs, some (or none) of them branched or furcate far from the margin, tertiary venation scalariform; waxy glands small, in the axils of some of the lateral veins in and above the middle part of the lamina or also in furcations of lateral veins; petiole (1-)2-4.5 cm long, brownish strigillose to hirtellous to puberulous, the epidermis flaking off; stipules (1.2-)1.5-2.5 cm long, densely (to sparsely) brownish to whitish strigillose to white appressed-puberulous, caducous (or subpersistent). Figs cauliflorous to flagelliflorous on (often strongly) branched up to 10(-25) cm long branchlets on the trunk or on up to 3 m long stolons; peduncle (0.3-)0.5-1.5(-2) cm long; basal bracts 3, verticillate, 1-2 mm long; receptacle subglobose to ellipsoid or to depressed-globose, 0.8-1.5 cm diam. when dry, 1.5-2.5 cm diam. when fresh, non-stipitate, sparsely to rather densely (brown) puberulous, glabrescent, without lateral bracts, often finely ribbed, pinkish or reddish brown at maturity, apex convex to flat, ostiole c. 2 mm diam., surrounded by 5 apical bracts or elevated ends of ribs; internal bristles absent or sparse.
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