Native of Queensland and New South Wales, this is a small to medium, (to 10 m with a spread of 3 m), evergreen tree. It is drought and frost tender and prefers medium to light, well drained, rich soils.
The 2.5 cm fruit is rich, purple to blue and said to be among the. best in flavour of the Austra-lian liliipillis. It is eaten raw and made into jellies.