The fruit is a red berrylike capsule. The fruit is fleshy and capsule-like or berrylike. The berrylike cones are eaten by birds and mammals. The somewhat sour berrylike fruits are edible and rich in vitamin A. Hopi chipmunks, quail, foxes, rock squirrels and deer eat the berrylike cones. Some species have berrylike gas-filled bladders that help the fronds float to promote photosynthesis. The seaweed has berrylike gas-filled bladders looking much like grapes to keep the fronds afloat. Fruits are a 2-4 stoned, berrylike drupe, which is obovoid-globose or globose shaped.