Leaves ovate (egg-shaped) to oblong, to 10 cm long, larger and often lobed on young growth, margins entire or toothed, upper surface strongly scabrous, lower surface often pubescent; petiole bristly.
The leaves were used to polish shields made from Blue Quandong wood.

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Fruit and foliage
The fruit are edible raw when fully ripe, but the furry skin can be irritant, and must be peeled off first. Good jam fruit, but fussy to prepare.
Ficus from Latin (fig), coronata referring to bristles at the tip of the fruit.
Aborigines used the milky latex of young shoots to heal wounds. The fruit is eaten by the Fig Bird, Green Catbird, Grey-headed Fruit Bat.
Propagation by seed, cuttings or aerial layers.

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Cauliflory
One of many host plants for the larvae of the Common Crow (Euploea core).

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Fruit and foliage

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Fruit and undersides of foliage

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