It is covered with a hard, leathery shell, usually purple and violet, but also brown or reddish-white, with a calyx remaining on top.
The fruit contains 400-700 blunt-headed seeds, whose MTS (mass of a thousand, an abbreviation used in botany) is 19-20 grams. The seeds are surrounded by the seedpods (arillus), which are usually red, but also pink or yellow.
