Photo: A. J. T. Johnsingh, WWF-India and NCF — CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Survives zone 5 through 8
⚠ Intensely acidic — not for fresh eating; juice, oil and syrup. Very high vitamin C.
- Hardiness
- Zone 5 to 8
- Habit
- Shrub
- Edible part
- Fruit
- Ripens
- Late summer, holds into winter
- Mature size
- Suckering shrub; container-awkward
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil pH
- 5.5–8.5 (very wide; nitrogen-fixing)
- Environment
- Montane
- Status
- Wild
- Years to fruit
- 2–4 yrs
- Pollination
- DIOECIOUS — needs male and female plants