[1] It produces small orange-red fruits of sticky and dense pulp, with a flavour and aroma resembling that of peanut butter.

The superficial appearance of the berries are similar to coffee and in Brazil is accordingly called caferana or falso guarana.

In cultivation the tree ideally reaches up to 6 metres (20 feet) in diameter, although can be maintained to a smaller size.

[4][5] The fruits are ellipsoidal, almost smooth, slightly hairy and orange to red, briefly tipped berries with a thin, somewhat rubbery skin.

Fruits can be harvested not yet fully ripe, still orange, and then left to ripen for two days, to become red and soft.