Shrub 1 m high. Leafy twigs 1.5-2.5 mm thick, pale brown subtomentose to hirtellous; internodes solid; periderm persistent, flaking off below the leaves. Leaves (sub)distichous; lamina oblong to lanceolate, 15-17 by 4.5-6 cm, (almost) symmetric, chartaceous, apex acuminate, base rounded to subtruncate, margin entire; upper surface, sparsely, on the midrib densely puberulous, smooth, lower surface hirtellous to subtomentose to puberulous on the veins; cystoliths only beneath; lateral veins 12-15 pairs, the basal pair not distinct, tertiary venation scalariform; waxy glands absent; petiole 0.8-1.3 cm long, hirtellous to subtomentose, the epidermis persistent; stipules 1.2-1.5 cm long, partly subsericeous, caducous. Figs axillary, solitary; peduncle 1.2-1.8 cm long; basal bracts 3, c. 2 mm long, caducous; receptacle subglobose, c. 0.8 mm diam. when dry, non-stipitate or up to 0.2 mm long stipitate, densely yellowish subhirtellous to subtomentose, without lateral bracts, colour at maturity unknown, apex convex, ostiole 1.5-2 mm diam., surrounded by erect apical bracts; internal hairs abundant, yellowish.
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