Species
Psidium guajava
Common Name(s)
yellow guava
Family
Myrtaceae
Flora Category
Vascular - Exotic
Structural Class
Dicotyledonous Trees & Shrubs
Habitat
Terrestrial.
Features
Yellow guava is a small tree, growing to c. 3m, with smooth bark. The leaves are large (up to 14 x 7 cm) and have strong venation. Young leaves are densely hairy. The fruit are up top 4 cm diameter and yellow-skinned containing many hard seeds.
Similar Taxa
P. guajava can be distinguished from P. cattleianum by the hairy leaves (especially when young) and by the strongly impressed veins above and raised below.
Flowering
July, August, September, October, November, December, January, February, March
Flower Colours
White,Yellow
Fruiting
November-March
Year Naturalised
1965
Origin
Trop America
Reason For Introduction
Agricultural
Life Cycle Comments
Perennial.
Reproduction
Seed and suckering.
Seed
Each fruit contains many seeds.
Dispersal
Bird dispersed (Lisa Forester 1996). Rats also eat the fruit but will destroy many of the seeds.
Tolerances
Intolerance of frost and deep shade (Cameron 1996)
This page last updated on 18 Jan 2010