The seed of a Whitepear tree

Despite its name it has no relation to pear trees in Europe.
I kept finding these little (1cm) seeds in the forest, the seed is the black part and the red fruit is soft and fleshy. Curiosity got the better of me and now I know where they came from. No photo of the tree I am afraid, they are right in the middle of the forest where they can grow to 25m in these parts.
In South Africa the whitepear is much sought after for furniture making, it was often used for the wooden frames of wagon wheels and rifle butts.
The roots and leaves were once used medicinally for internal parasites and ear inflammation. The leaves can be boiled and eaten with porridge (yuk). The fresh leaves are toxic to snails and could be used to kill the snail hosts of bilharzia parasites.
The bark used to be used to ward off evil spirits.
The fruit is very popular with birds.
Ref: 'Trees of the Garden Route' by Elna Venter