Tree up to 35 m tall, hemi-epiphytic or (secondarily?) terrestrial. Branches drying brown. Leafy twigs (2-)3-4 mm thick, ± angular, glabrous (or white puberulous); periderm persistent. Leaves spirally arranged; lamina elliptic to oblong to (sub)ovate (to lanceolate), 4-20(-26) by 1.5-7(-9) cm, (thickly) coriaceous, apex acuminate, the acumen usually acute, base cuneate to rounded, margin flat to slightly revolute (towards the base); upper surface glabrous (or minutely white puberulous on (the lower part of) the midrib), lower surface glabrous (or minutely white puberulous on (the lower part of) the midrib); midrib slightly prominent to flat (or slightly impressed) above, lateral veins (4-)5-10 pairs, the basal pair distinct, up to 1/4-1/2 the length of the lamina, unbranched, departing from the midrib 0.2-0.5(-1) cm above the base of the lamina, 0 or 1 (or 2) pairs of smaller lateral veins below the main pair, tertiary venation largely parallel to the lateral veins, slightly prominent to flat and then ± obscure; waxy gland at the base of the midrib; petiole 1-3.5(-4.5) cm long, 2-3 mm thick, glabrous (or white puberulous), drying blackish; stipules 1-3(-5) cm long, glabrous (or white puberulous), caducous, often with a distinct median part. Figs axillary, paired (or solitary), sessile; basal bracts 3, 4-8(-11) mm long, (sub)equal, (broadly) ovate with an obtuse to rounded to subacute apex, often with a distinct median part or keeled, not or only basally imbricate, covering up to 1/3(-1/2) of the receptacle, glabrous (or white puberulous), persistent; receptacle subglobose to ovoid to ellipsoid or to obovoid, (0.8-)1-1.6(-2) cm diam. when dry, glabrous, yellow to red at maturity, apex convex to mammillate or to almost flat, ostiole 3-5(-6) mm diam., ± prominent to flat, closed, the 3 upper ostiolar bracts fully imbricate, only 2 visible or the third just; wall shrivelled when dry; internal hairs absent. Tepals reddish. Ovary partly red.
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