Shrub or tree up to 10 m tall. Leafy twigs 1.5-2.5 mm thick, muriculate to puberulous, ± ribbed; internodes solid; periderm persistent. Leaves distichous; lamina elliptic to oblong, (2-)5-14 by (1-)2.5-6 cm, (at least at the base) ± asymmetric, stiffly subcoriaceous, apex subacute to acuminate to obtuse, base (sub)cuneate, margin entire, often ± revolute; both surfaces hispidulous to subhispid, scabrous to scabridulous; cystoliths on both sides; lateral veins (4-)6-9 pairs, the basal pair ± distinct, tertiary venation reticulate to subscalariform; waxy glands in the axils of the basal lateral veins, inconspicuous or only one conspicuous; petiole 0.4-0.8(-1.2) cm long, hispidulous to subhispid, scabrous to scabridulous, the epidermis flaking off; stipules 0.6-1 cm long, muriculate (to minutely puberulous), caducous. Figs axillary, solitary or in pairs, with a peduncle up to 0.6 cm long or (sub)sessile; basal bracts 3, (almost) verticillate, 1-1.5 mm long; receptacle subglobose to subpyriform, 1-1.3 cm diam. when dry, scabridulous, with 5 or 6 ribs, lateral bracts 1-3 or absent, colour at maturity unknown, apex slightly convex, ostiole 2.5-4 mm diam., ± umbonate; internal hairs absent.
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