Plant
- Large deciduous shrub
- 12-25' tall
Twig
- Opposite leaf arrangement
- Thorns
Leaf
- 1-1½" long
- Narrow, glossy
- Clustered on short branches
Flower
- 1½-2½" wide
- Orange, scarlet red
- Numerous stamens
Fruit
- 2-5" long
- Round to somewhat flattened
- Leathery rind with persistent calyx
- Seeds surrounded by edible, juicy, pink to purplish-red pulp
