Koorkup This small tree, a native of Malaysia, with lovely bright green leaves makes a good ornamental. It is grown in Moluccas for the fruit. The fruit is a reddish berry, the size of a cherry, with acidic flavor and used more for pies and jellies. Indian Prune A shrub or small tree from the Philippines and Malaysia. It has spiny branches and trunk with the largest leaves of all Flacourtia.
Fruit is juicy, dark purple when ripe.
The tree is hardy and tolerant of poor soils, but cannot be recommended for home use because of the spines. By David M. Guggenheim. By Chris B. Rollins. By Peggy Winter. Farthest North Paw Paw.