[4] It is found from Mackay southwards through New South Wales and into eastern Victoria where it is listed as "threatened" under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988.

[6] Ficus coronata serves as a food plant for the caterpillars of the Queensland butterflies, the common- or purple moonbeam (Philiris innotatus) [7] and the common crow (Euploea core).

[8] The Australasian figbird (Sphecotheres vieilloti), green catbird (Ailuroedus crassirostris), olive-backed oriole (Oriolus sagittatus), topknot pigeon (Lopholaimus antarcticus), and grey-headed flying fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) are among those animals who consume the fruit.

A popular story holds that the fig's leaves were used as sandpaper for polishing wood or turtle shells by indigenous people.

Bonsai and fig enthusiast Len Webber stated they were too brittle and soft to function in this fashion,[11] but a more recent example found they did work.