Propagation
Sow seed when ripe in trays outdoors or in a frame and prick out and pot up when they are large enough to handle. Alternatively stratify fresh seeds for 2 to 3 months during winter then sow in spring.

Semi-hardwood cuttings taken during late summer to autumn with a heel, 100mm (4in) long.
Dislikes being transplanted.

Note:
This plant is not commonly cultivated and may be difficult to obtain requiring a specialist nursery.

Botanic information
Leaf: The glabrous glossy dark green ovate to broad ovate leaves have an obtuse apex and a broad cuneate base with a short petiole. They are 2-ranked along the branchlets and the young leaves are bronze-red during spring. The lower surface is dull green and dotted in glands.

Flower: The cream cyathiform flowers are unisexual appearing on the new growth in the leaf axils. The stalked male flower has many stamens and the sessile female flowers appear in threes. They appear during spring and are olinated by wind.

Fruit: There are normally three 3-angled nuts (beechnuts) that are inclosed in a hard, blunt-prickly cupule. The tiny nuts are pubescent, taking several months to mature. The seeds are viable but the plant may be reproduced vegetatively.