꽃은 6∼7월 사이에 황색 꽃이 피며 그 열매는 모감주라 하여 9∼10월에 익는데 옛날에는 염주로도 사용했다고 한다.
Yellow flowers bloom between June and July, and the fruit is called Mogamju. It ripens in September to October which was also used as Buddhist rosary in the old days.