Native to Brazil this rare tree have attractive bright green foliage and purple-black fruits.The new growth is rusty-brown, turning yellow and then deep, dark green.The reddish-brown bark peels off naturally showing a smooth reddish trunk.The ripe fruit is a round or slightly elongated berry, It has a thin purple-black skin and a wet, firm, whitish pulp about 3mm thick, surrounding a loose seed.It is edible, moderately sweet, with an aroma similar to the jaboticaba.The fruit are consumed fresh or made into jams.Grows 3-6 m tall with a conical canopy up to 2m wide.

The fruit are consumed fresh or made into jams.In the folk medicine of the region of Sergipe, the infusion of leaves has been used for the treatment of pain and fever.[5] The essential oil distilled from the leaves (green 0.14% by weight) contains isomers of guaiol and cadinol, ?-elemene and viridiflorene.Rainforest plum fruit plants in Kerala is available in oru farm.