Botany
An erect tree reaching a height of 20 meters. Leaves are oblong-ovate to elliptic, 5 to 18 cm long by 5 to 7 cm wide, pointed tips, pointed or rounded base, and toothed margins. Flowers are small and greenish, occurring in clusters in the axils of leaves. Fruit is somewhat rounded, 2 to 2.5 cm in diameter, violet, fleshy, subacid and pleasing in flavor. The wild forms are sour.

Distribution
In forests, at low and medium altitudes in the provinces of Benguet, Pangasinan, Zambales, Laguna, Quezon, Bataan, Rizal and Sorsogon; in Mindoro, Negros, Cebu and Mindanao.

Parts utilized
Roots and leaves.

Uses
Edibility
Fruit of the cultivated form is edible.
Use in making jams and pies.
Folkloric
Decoction of roots taken internally by women after childbirth.
Juice of the young fruit is astringent, used for diarrhea and dysentery.
Fruit is also used for dysmenorrhea.
Juice of the leaves is applied to inflammed eyelids.
In Java, dried leaves are pounded and applied to wounds.
In Sabah, roots used for abdominal colic; leaves used for headaches.

Availability
Wildcrafted.