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Survives zone 6 through 9
⚠ The edible part is the swollen PEDUNCLE (stalk), not the fruit — raisin/pear-like with clove notes. Often fails to ripen in cool summers.
- Hardiness
- Zone 6 to 9
- Habit
- Tree
- Edible part
- Shoot, Fruit
- Ripens
- Autumn
- Mature size
- Tree 10–20 m — not containerable
- Light
- Full sun to partial
- Soil pH
- 6.0–7.5 (adaptable)
- Environment
- Temperate
- Status
- Both wild and cultivated
- Years to fruit
- 3–4 yrs to flower, then 3–6 more to ripen (halved if vegetatively propagated)
- Pollination
- Self-fertile