 The small round yellow fruit ripen and turn red at any time of year , although they peak in autumn and winter ( April to July ) . Known as a syconium , the fruit is an inverted inflorescence with the flowers lining an internal cavity . Ficus obliqua is pollinated by two species of fig wasp — Pleistodontes greenwoodi and P. xanthocephalus . Many species of bird , including pigeons , parrots and various passerines , eat the fruit . The range is along the east coast from Queensland , through New South Wales in rainforest , savanna woodland , sclerophyll forest and gallery forest . It is used as a shade tree in parks and public spaces , and is well @-@ suited for use as an indoor plant or in bonsai . All parts of the tree have been used in traditional medicine in Fiji . 
