It is native to the northern and eastern coasts of Australia, and to New Caledonia and Vanuatu.

[6] The rounded figs are 1 to 1.5 cm long and start out yellow in colour, maturing to orange-red between May and February in the species' native range.

[8] In Australia, the species occurs from Tuggerah Lake in New South Wales, northwards to the Atherton Tableland in Queensland,[6][7] and rarely in the Northern Territory.

[9] Although rarely seen in cultivation, it is a fast-growing, ornamental species that can be easily propagated from seed.

[7] Chew[4] states that F. fraseri is found in the Northern Territory, a statement repeated by Govaerts et al.[3] However, Harden (1990)[6] gives New South Wales and Queensland as the only Australian states where it is found, and the collection locations are restricted to these two states for specimens recorded in the Australasian Virtual Herbarium and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (in addition to New Caledonia in the latter case), as shown on their distribution maps.