Propagation
Collect the fruit when ripe and wash off the pulp then sow seeds in a well-drained mix and maintain a warm humid environment.

Culture
When pruning train to a single leader to form a tree habit, and regularly tip prune when young to encourage a bushy shrub habit.

Note:
Care should be taken when selecting a site as the tree has vigorous roots that can lift concrete and block drains.


Botanic information
Leaf: The leaves are ovate to lanceolate, up to 15mm (˝in) wide and have a sinuate margin. They are pale pink when young and mature to red then green. The underside is pale green and the apex is acuminate and the petiole is very short.

Flower: The tiny cyathiform flowers have 3 to 4 rounded calyx lobes and alternately on the inside are 4 to 5 rounded petals that are up to 3mm (?in) wide. It has numerous exerted stamens and the flower are arranged in a terminal or axillary panicle that appears during summer.

Fruit: The coral red showy, pear shaped berry is fleshy and contains one seed.