Origin: India, Malaysia. Evergreen tree or
large shrub with slender arcuate or drooping
branches. Long narrow oval leaves are dark
green on top, paler on underside. Produces
lovely small fruits of 1 cm, at first pink or red,
then green, black when ripe. Principally used
as a beautiful indoor pot plant, in the hotter
parts of Sicily it is planted along roadsides.