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Psidium cattleianum
About
Psidium cattleyanum, commonly known as Cattley guava, strawberry guava or cherry guava, is a small tree in the Myrtaceae (myrtle) family. The species is named in honour of English horticulturist William Cattley. The red-fruited variety, P. cattleyanum var. cattleyanum, is commonly known as purple guava, red cattley guava, red strawberry guava and red cherry guava. The yellow-fruited variety, P. cattleyanum var. littorale is variously known as yellow cattley guava, yellow strawberry guava, yellow cherry guava, lemon guava and in Hawaii as waiawī.
- Family
- Myrtaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Psidium cattleianum
- Slug
- psidium-cattleianum
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Psidium
- Species
- cattleianum
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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