Shrub or tree up to 10(-20?) m tall, often hemi-epiphytic. Branchlets drying (dark red-)brown, becoming yellowish to greyish after exfoliation of the periderm. Leafy twigs 1.5-3 mm thick, puberulous to (sub)glabrous, scabridulous to smooth; internodes solid. Leaves distichous; lamina oblong to elliptic to subobovate (to oblanceolate), (4-)8-20(-28) by (1.5-)3-7(-14) cm, (almost) symmetric, coriaceous to subcoriaceous, apex often ± abruptly acuminate to subcaudate, base almost equilateral, cuneate to obtuse (to rounded), one side ± decurrent, margin (in the upper part) often (sparsely and ± irregularly) coarsely crenate-dentate to (sub)entire, ± revolute to flat; upper surface glabrous, smooth, lower surface glabrous (or sparsely puberulous on the main veins), smooth; cystoliths only beneath; midrib prominent above; lateral veins 3-6(-7) or (6-)7-10(-12) pairs, the basal pair mostly somewhat different from the other lateral veins, running close to the margin, up to 1/5-1/3 or 1/10-1/6(-1/4) the length of the lamina, unbranched, the other lateral veins (long) conspicuously ascending and curved and often branched or furcate to (short and) slightly curved to almost straight (and the loop-connections often forming an arcuate submarginal vein), tertiary venation loosely reticulate to subscalariform, irregular to rather regular; waxy glands in the axils of one of the basal lateral veins; petiole 0.3-0.8(-2) cm long, glabrous (or puberulous), the epidermis flaking off; stipules semi-amplexicaul, 0.3-0.7(-1) cm long, glabrous (or puberulous), caducous. Figs axillary, solitary, paired, or clustered on spurs, or ramiflorous on clusters on short spurs or on tubercles; peduncle 0.1-0.3 cm long; peduncular bracts 2 or 3, scattered, sometimes 1 on the base of the receptacle, c. 0.2 mm long; receptacle (sub)globose, when dry 0.3-0.6 cm, when fresh 0.6-0.8 cm diam., glabrous, smooth, (usually) without lateral bracts, yellow to orange to red (to purplish) at maturity, apex convex to slightly umbonate, ostiole c. 1 mm diam., often ± sunken and/or often surrounded by a low (entire or faintly lobed) rim; internal hairs sparse and minute (or absent?). Tepals dark red, glabrous or minutely hairy at the apices. Styles glabrous.
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