[1] As the figs ripen, their colour changes from green to yellow to reddish-brown and finally, to black.

[1] The fruit is edible and palatable, tastier than most other fig species.

[3] It serves as a food plant for the caterpillars of the Queensland butterfly the common- or purple moonbeam (Philiris innotatus).

[4] The leaves on this plant can treat skin infections such as tinea.

[citation needed] Shown to hybridise with Ficus coronulata.