Duguetia lanceolata A.St.-hil.

A medium to large sized tree. It grows 17 m tall. The trunk is 40-60 cm across. The leaves are shiny and like soursop leaves. They are 8-12 cm long. The flowers are brownish-purple. They occur singly or in small groups in the axils of leaves. The fruit have several lobes and are red coloured. The flesh is red-pink coloured. The flesh is thin.

A tropical plant. Plants grow naturally in higher level rainforest areas on the Atlantic coast in Southern Brazil. It grows in well-drained soils.

The pulp of the fruit is eaten fresh.

Plants are grown from seed. The seeds are washed and rubbed from the very ripe fruit. The seed will only store for about 1 month. The seed should be scratched before sowing to assist germination. Seeds germinate in 60-120 days. The number of seeds that germinate in usually low. The seedlins are transplanted into the field after 8-9 months.