Our plants have yet to produce fruit, though we have seen specimens in the drier east of Britain with very good crops. The wood makes a good fuel. Yes Evergreen shrub to 5m tall. Flowers late Autumn to early Winter. An easily grown and very tolerant plant, succeeding in most situations and soils so long as they are well-drained.
Plants produce nitrogen nodules on their roots and are tolerant of drought and poor soil.
They can be grown as a hedge and are tolerant of maritime exposure. The edible fruits and seeds are produced in April, long before any other fresh fruit can be obtained from the garden. The fruit has a rich pleasant flavour when fully ripe, though is astringent before then. The seed has a pleasant mild flavour. These plants are seedlings from a plant that produces very heavy crops of good sized fruits.