[1] It has ovate seeds and there are 6–9 of them in each fruit.

[2] The fruits turn from green to red at maturity.

Selysia bidentata can be distinguished from the 3 other species of Selysia by its bidentate (two teeth-like parts) seeds.

Seeds of the other three species are shaped like arrowheads.

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