Ficus asperifolia is a species of shrub or small sized gynodioecious fig tree belonging to the family Moraceae.

[3] Leaves of the species are elliptical to obovate in shape, up to 20 cm long and 8 cm wide, apex is long and acuminate while base is cuneate to obtusely rounded.

[4] Leaves commonly have stipules; petiole is up to 1 cm long and margin tends to be lobed or dentate.

[4] Peduncles, 2–15 mm long, the figs are orange to purplish red, up to 2 cm in diameter and globular in shape; figs are sometimes paired or single on leaf axils.

[4][5] Ficus asperifolia occurs in Senegal westwards to Sudan and Kenya and southwards to Zambia.