An evergreen epiphyte or small shrub up to 2 m tall. Leaves obovate to elliptical or obdeltoid, 2.5-8 cm x 1.3-7.5 cm, base broadly cuneate, apex blunt to truncate or widely notched, rarely pointed, margin entire, white-spotted above, rusty or yellow-olive below, the midrib sometimes forked, stipules 8-12 mm long. Figs axillary, solitary or paired, globose to oblong, 5-10 mm in diameter, ripening to orange or red. Flowers, male and female; male flowers dispersed, with 2-3 free tepals and 2 stamens, female flowers sessile to subsessile, with 3-4 tepals.

It promotes contraction of the vagina and hence considered an aphrodisiac.

PROSEA (Plant Resources of South-East Asia) Foundation

Acts as an effective remedy against leucorrhoea.