Flowers in summer and fruit ripen in fall and winter. Plant can be used as screen, hedge, small specimen tree, or espalier. Plants are classified as tender but are among the hardiest of the sub-tropical type plants. They are drought tolerant when established and can be planted from the coast to the lower desert. They can also withstand lawn watering.
Several varieties are available.
Pulp of fruit resembles the taste of pineapple. Form is rounded, low branched and spreading. Moderate to fast rate of growth and coarse textured. Generally multi-trunked which gets quite picturesque as it grows older. Good selection for landscapes trying to achieve tropical look.