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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = strawberry guava
| image = Psidium cattleianum.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Myrtales]]
| familia = [[Myrtaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Psidium]]''
| species = '''''P. cattleianum'''''
| binomial = ''Psidium cattleianum''
| binomial_authority = Sabine
}}
'''Strawberry guava''' (''Psidium cattleianum'') is a small tree (2-6 m tall), bearing small red or yellow fruit, which are somewhat sour but sometimes eaten or made into jam.  Yellow-fruited varieties are known in [[Hawaii]] as ''waiawī''. It is closely related to [[Psidium guajava|common guava]], and like that species is a widespread, highly invasive species in tropical areas, especially Hawaii.  It tends to form dense, monotypic stands which prevent regrowth of native species, and is very difficult to eradicate.

==Culinary uses==
The strawberry guava can be eaten by cutting the fruit in half and scooping out the pulp and seeds.   It tastes like a [[passionfruit]] mixed with [[strawberry]]. The seeds are small and white in colour and can be roasted as a substitute for coffee. Its leaves may be brewed for tea. The skin is also edible and tastes a bit like rose petals but is best removed for a sweeter flavour.

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[[Category:Myrtaceae]]