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[[File:Ficus_glumosa_JYR3.jpg|thumb|leaves and young fruit. obtained from (www.figewb.org, Iziko Museums of Cape Town)]][[File:Ficus_glumosa_JYR2.jpg|thumb|leaves and young fruit. obtained from (www.figewb.org, Iziko Museums of Cape Town)]][[File:Ficus_glumosa_JYR5.jpg|thumb|stem. obtained from (www.figewb.org, Iziko Museums of Cape Town)]][[File:Ficus_glumosa_JYR6.jpg|thumb|branch with ripe fruits. obtained from (www.figewb.org, Iziko Museums of Cape Town)]]

*Shrub or small tree up to 10 m tall; outer bark flaking, inner bark exuding sticky white latex; leafy twigs glabrous or white hairy. *Leaves arranged spirally, simple and entire; stipules up to 1.5 cm long, falling off early; petiole up to 8 cm long; blade oblong, broadly elliptical, broadly ovate, obovate or almost circular, 2–19 cm × 1–13 cm, base cordate or rounded, apex acuminate to subobtuse, glabrous to densely hairy above, densely hairy below, lateral veins in 3–7 pairs, tertiary venation reticulate. *Inflorescence a fig, consisting of an urn-shaped receptacle with a narrow apical opening, the flowers enclosed within, figs solitary or in pairs in the leaf axils or just below, almost sessile, globose to ellipsoid, 1–1.5 cm in diameter, glabrous to densely tomentose, orange to red, at the fruiting stage often with darker spots. *Flowers unisexual, with 2–4 tepals; male flowers with one stamen; female flowers with 1-celled ovary and short or long style. *Fruit a drupe, 1-seeded, developing within the fig.

Jansen, P.C.M., 2005. '''Ficus glumosa''' Delile. [Internet] Record from PROTA4U. In: Jansen, P.C.M. & Cardon, D. (Editors). PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa / Ressources végétales de l’Afrique tropicale), Wageningen, Netherlands. <http://www.prota4u.org/search.asp>. Accessed {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}.