This plant is a scrambling twiner of dry forests and woodlands. Plum Pine sauce can be found on menus around the country as an accompaniment to meat dishes . It is also high on the list for farm forestry, having an excellent fine grain and dark wood. This is a rainforest tree but adapts well to a wide range of conditions. Reasonable soil and ample moisture are necessary for optimum fruiting.
Trees are male or female and a mix is needed for good fruit production.
Prostanthera incisa is getting a great deal of attention and is considered a commercial proposition. This is a reasonably hardy shrub to 1.8 m with highly aromatic foliage. It may be subject to root rot but its natural habitat includes moist, cool, well watered creek edges and thus irrigation may be necessary in low rainfall areas. Many of the Prostanthera spp. I have tasted some which were bland and even rather dry and others which were stronger in flavour and closer to what we think of as a raspberry taste.