Tree up to 30 m tall, hemi-epiphytic, sometimes a climber. Branches drying brown to greyish. Leafy twigs 1.5-3 mm thick, ± angular, glabrous or (often very minutely) white (to brownish) puberulous; periderm persistent. Leaves spirally arranged; lamina oblong to elliptic or to lanceolate, (2-)4-10(-14) by (1-)1.5-5(-6) cm, coriaceous, apex acuminate, the acumen usually acute, base rounded to obtuse (to subattenuate), margin flat or slightly revolute towards the base, sometimes ± callose towards the base; both surfaces glabrous; midrib (at least the lower part) ± impressed above, lateral veins (3-)4-6(-7) or 6-10(-11) pairs, the basal pair distinct, up to 1/6-1/2 the length of the lamina, unbranched, curved to almost straight, tertiary largely parallel to the lateral veins to almost reticulate, basal and other lateral veins as well as the tertiary venation not running in the same direction, slightly prominent to almost flat, the basal lateral veins usually departing from the midrib in clearly narrower angles than the other venation, at least the tertiary venation; waxy gland at the base of the midrib; petiole 0.5-1(-1.2) or (0.8-)1-2.5 cm long, 1-2.5 mm thick, glabrous or sparsely and (very) minutely white puberulous, drying blackish to brown; stipules 0.5-1(-1.3) or 1-1.5(-2) cm long, (very minutely) white (to brownish) puberulous or glabrous, caducous. Figs axillary, paired (or solitary), sessile; basal bracts 3, 3-8(-10) mm long, (sub)equal, glabrous (or puberulous), (faintly) keeled, persistent; receptacle subglobose, 0.3-1 cm diam. when dry, glabrous, yellow to red at maturity, apex convex, ostiole 1-3 mm diam., slightly prominent (to flat), closed, the 3 upper ostiolar bracts fully imbricate; wall smooth to slightly shrivelled when dry; internal hairs absent. Tepals red. Ovary partly red.
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