Photo: João Medeiros — CC BY 2.0 · source
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Survives zone 8 through 9
⚠ Large velvety pear-shaped yellow fruit — strongly aromatic but sharply acidic; for juice, jam and liqueur rather than fresh eating. Care: Winter protection — mulch, fleece, or a warm wall.
- Hardiness
- Zone 8 to 9
- Habit
- Shrub
- Edible part
- Fruit
- Ripens
- Summer
- Mature size
- Low subshrub 0.5–1.5 m from a woody underground rootstock; containerable
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil pH
- 5.5–7.0 (acid–neutral; dislikes chalk)
- Environment
- Cerrado
- Status
- Wild
- Years to fruit
- 3–4 yrs
- Pollination
- Self-fertile, better with a partner