Baskets of purplish-black shiny fruit resembling black olives sometimes surprise the visitor to the Philippines,Thailand and parts of Indonesia.Their brief season limits opportunities of sampling the java plum,and as the fruit crushes easily,it is never transported any great distance.
 Inside the skin is translucent white flesh, making the fruit very much like a grape in texture. Like so many tropical fruits, the Java plum has medicinal properties,various parts of the plant being used to treat stomach aehes, diabetes and ulcers.