The fruit ripens into bright red during December, is edible and makes a good jelly.
Working as a tour guide in the regions where they grow, I used to have a lot of fun with it and would stop to pick some for my guests. The outer section is lovely and sweet nice until you get too close to the pip and I loved to see their faces when they bit into it and was sour. LOL!! These cruel, awful guides!! LOL!!
The local people extract an oil from it which is used to rub into chapped feet or for softening animal hides.
A decoction made from the leaves is used to sooth inflamed eyes.
