Editing Ficus coronata (section)

== Description ==

This species is usually described as a 6–12 m tree, although larger specimens have been reported. The leaves are rough or scabrous, and the figs are produced on the trunk and older branches. The roughly 1.5–2 cm long fruit is hairy and changes to purple or dark purple-red as it ripens. Birds and flying foxes are recorded among the animals that eat the fruit. <sup>[[#cite_note-2|[2]]]</sup><sup>[[#cite_note-3|[3]]]</sup>

In its native range, ''Ficus coronata'' occurs along eastern Australian river banks and gullies as well as in rainforest and open forest. That creek-side setting is important horticultural context: the plant is associated with dependable moisture, but a cultivated root zone still needs drainage rather than stagnant water. <sup>[[#cite_note-2|[2]]]</sup><sup>[[#cite_note-4|[4]]]</sup>