Fruit has a high vitamin C content and calcium and iron among its minerals. A slow grower which will reach 10 feet in a favorable environment, but only about 6 feet when container grown. A tough, versatile plant that will grow in most soils, but will do better in a composted sandy loam. Bears in its third year.
Fruit is borne on previous year's growth and ripens a few days after flowering.
Propagation is by seeds but generally from cuttings in the summer and airlayering. This website contains a large amount of information regarding the plants housed in our diverse collections. This information is gathered from a wide variety of electronic, print and other sources. We have included reference information on each page to denote the original source of such information. More importantly, many of the plants in our collections have reputed medicinal properties according to some sources.