Propagation
Sow fresh seed during spring and maintain a temperature of 19ş to 27ş C. (66ş to 81ş F).

Take soft tip cuttings of non-flowering shoots during spring and semi hardwood cuttings during summer.

Culture
The yellowing leaves (chlorosis) may be due to nematode attack and, or pH induced magnesium deficiency.


Botanic information
Leaf: The stiff leathery spathulate leaves have an obtuse apex and a short petiole. They are arranged in whorls of three in the leaf axils.

Flower: The tubulate flowers have a long greenish tube with up to 9-expanded lobes that are overlapping and waxy. They appear solitary from spring to early summer.

Fruit: The large berry contains many seeds but is rarely seen under cultivation and the plant is normally reproduced vegetatively.