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habit (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
habit (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
paired leaves with several pairs of veins (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
close-up of hairy rounded stems (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
close-up of hairy leaf undersides (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
white flowers (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
flowers are usually borne in threes in the leaf forks (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
flowers with reflexed petals (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
close-up of flowers with numerous stamens (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
Scientific Name
Psidium guineense Sw.
Family
Myrtaceae
Common Names
Brazilian guava, Castilian guava, Guinea guava, West Indies guava, wild guava
Origin
Native to Mexico, Central America (i.e. Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama), the Caribbean and South America (i.e. French Guiana, Guyana, Surinam, Venezuela, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Argentina and Paraguay).
Naturalised Distribution
Naturalised in the coastal districts of Queensland.
Also naturalised overseas in north-eastern India, South Africa, Tanzania and French Polynesia.
Notes
Brazilian guava (Psidium guineense) is regarded as an environmental weed in Queensland.
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