The leaves are long oval, green, leathery, and smooth on the edges;
The flowers are small, milky white, bloom in clusters, and are self-fruitful;
The fruit is oval, with a golden skin that turns reddish orange when ripe, hard and thick, and easy to peel off;
The flesh is white, wrapped in a brown seed; the taste is like a mixture of mangosteen, longan, lychee, and lemon, sweet and refreshing.
Usually eaten fresh, it can also be made into sorbet, jam, paste, sauce, etc.
It is an evergreen tree, 15-20 feet high and 10-15 feet wide, and grows slowly.
The crown is pyramidal and the branches are compact. It is a rare fruit in South America, but it is rarely commercialized because it can only mature on the tree.