Randia echinocarpa Sessé & Moc. ex Dc.

A shrub or small tree. It grows 6 m tall. The plant has spines in groups of four at the ends of the branches. It can lose its leaves during the dry season. The flowers are white or pale yellow. The fruit are round. The ripe fruit are yellow with small flat seeds in a black pulp.

It is a tropical plant. It grows in dry thickets on hillsides. It grows at low to medium altitudes. It grows between 50-1,700 m above sea level. It grows in open locations.

The fruit are eaten raw. The bark is chopped, ground and boiled and used as a catalyst for making alcoholic drinks. Caution: Alcohol is a cause of cancer.

Can be grown by seedlings.