Red bayberry with red-black skin and sweet pink-red flesh. Origin: University of Queensland, Gatton, Australia, by D.C. Joyce. Parentage unknown, selected 2008 from seedlings grown at Maroochy Research Facility, Nambour, Queensland from outcrossed seed collected from China. Australian PBR 5452; 8 June 2017. Tree: vigor strong; growth habit semi-upright; compact; height 3.6 m, width 3.4 m; leaves oblanceolate; flower dioecious; yield medium; USDA Zone 9, potentially ranging from 8 to 10. Fruit: size uniform, diameter 21.4 mm, 5.87 g; spherical; skin very dark, red-black, moderately knobby; flesh firm, pink-red, 12 ºBrix, TA 1.41%; resinous taste absent; seeds 1; ripens early, early-mid November; decay after 15 d at 5 ºC slight.
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