Psidium guineense Sw.
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Authority
Popenoe, Frederick W. 1924. Economic fruit-bearing plants of Ecuador. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 24: i-ix, 101-134. pl. 34-49.
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Family
Myrtaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Description - This species, of little economic value, is a slender shrub reaching 1 to 1.5 meters in height. The young branchlets are compressed-cylindrical and finely hairy. The leaves are oblong-oval. 7.5 to 12.5 cm. in length, with the lower surfaces pubescent. The flowers, of which one to three are borne upon a slender peduncle, resemble those of P. gvajava. The fruit is round or nearly so, 2.5 to 4 cm. in diameter, greenish yellow and rather hard when ripe, with whitish flesh containing numerous small seeds. The flaver is rather acid and not so musky as that of P. guajava.
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Common Names
guayabilla, allpa guayaba