Samenausbreitung
The fruit is black-dark and shiny, generally scarlet, but sometimes yellow or green. Usually ovoid, rarely globose with a fleshy and meaty exocarp. Some species have a red or scarlet dome. Seed dispersal of "Dehaasia" species is by vertebrates mostly. They are eaten by frugivorous bats and birds (columbiformes) and several insects such as ants.