Shrub, decumbent, creeping, or scandent, laxly branched. Leafy twigs 3-4 mm thick, (very) sparsely whitish minutely hispidulous, scabridulous to smooth; internodes hollow. Leaves spirally arranged; lamina elliptic, 17-22 by 9-11.5 cm, symmetric, chartaceous, apex shortly acuminate, base widely cuneate, margin (closely) denticulate; upper surface minutely hispidulous, scabrous, lower surface sparsely to densely whitish (sub) hispidulous on the veins, scabrous; cystoliths (or cystolith hairs) on both sides; lateral veins 9-11 pairs, the basal pair up to 1/4-1/3 the length of the lamina, these and also some of the lower lateral veins branched or furcate, tertiary venation scalariform; waxy glands in the axils of both basal lateral veins or also smaller ones in the axils of other lateral veins; petiole 3-7 cm long, slightly different to almost equal in length on the same twig, (very) sparsely minutely puberulous, the epidermis persistent; stipules not seen, semi-amplexicaul, caducous. Figs axillary and below the leaves (also on creeping stems or branches), solitary or up to 0.5 cm long short-shoots; peduncle 0.3-0.8 cm long; peduncular bracts 2 or 3, scattered, 0.5-1 mm long; receptacle (sub)globose, 0.5-0.8 cm diam. when dry, 1-1.1 cm diam. when fresh, hispidulous and scabrous with few c. 1 mm long lateral bracts, rose-red at maturity, apex ± convex, ostiole 2-3 mm diam., surrounded by a distinctly lobate rim; internal hairs absent. Tepals whitish, glabrous. Styles glabrous. Fruits lens-shaped, 1-1.2 mm long, smooth, weakly keeled.
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