Ficus coronata
The sandpaper fig is a shrub or small tree, 6–12 m tall, of eastern Australian creeks and gullies. Its leaves are rough as sandpaper, and it bears small edible purple-black figs on the trunk and branches. It grows along watercourses in rainforest and open country from central Queensland to Victoria. It takes shade and a cool winter, which makes it one of the more adaptable figs for pots, bonsai and bright rooms.
Where it grows wild
A terrestrial shrub or small tree along creeks and in gullies, both in rainforest and in more open country. It occasionally grows in sheltered rocky places on the western slopes, including limestone outcrops. Its roots follow the moisture of the watercourse.
No records carry an elevation. PlantNET describes it as widespread on the coast and tablelands of New South Wales, so it grows from near sea level into the ranges.
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