The kabocha fruit (scientific name: Plinia cauliflora (Mart.) Kausel) is a plant of the genus tree pandanus in the myrtle family. Evergreen shrubs, slow growth, tree height 4-15 meters, branch tips branching and branching ability is strong, the tree posture open, the crown is natural round head shape. Leaves opposite, petiole short, hairy, leaf blade leathery, dark green glossy, lanceolate or elliptic. Flower clusters are borne on the main trunk and main branches, sometimes also growing on new branches; the flowers are small, white, with numerous stamens. After flowering, small young fruits poke out in clusters of three or five, the fruit is globular, and the fruit changes from green to red to purple and finally to purple-black. Mature fruit 1.5-4 cm in diam. With 1-4 seeds. The pericarp is firm and smooth in appearance.

Native to Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and eastern Argentina in South America. It was introduced to Taiwan in the 1960s, and has been planted in Fujian, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Sichuan, Hubei, Guangxi, Jiangsu and Yunnan. Prefer warm and humid climate, generally grows in the altitude of 1000 meters above sea level, annual precipitation of 1200 millimeters in the area, the appropriate temperature of 22-25 ℃, with a certain degree of low-temperature resistance characteristics. Garber fruit does not tolerate salinity and waterlogging, suitable for slightly acidic and well-drained soil.