Tree with and without aerial roots. Leaves cup shaped at hte base, leaf blade elliptic-ovate, obtuse at apex, rounded at base, coriaceous, glossy above, glabrescent or pubescent beneath, petiole 2-3 cm, with 5-7 basal nerves, lateral nerves 4-6. Male and female flowers in the same receptacle. Male flowers numerous near the mouth of the receptacle. Stamens 1. Figs in axillary pairs, sessile, globose, silk pubescent, basal bracts suborbicular. Syconus fruit scarlet red when ripe.