Psidium cattleianum

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Psidium cattleianum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Psidium cattleianum, Sabine. Strawberry Guava. Shrub or small tree, up to 20 ft. high, the bark smooth, greenish brown, the branchlets glabrous: lvs. obovate- elliptic, acute at apex and acute to cuneate at base, 2-3 in. long, glabrous, thick and coriaceous, dark green, almost glossy: peduncles axillary, 1-fld.; calyx- tube turbinate, 4- or 5-lobed, the lobes broadly oblong; petals obovate, thin; style slender, stigma peltate; ovary 4-locular: fr. obovate to roundish, 1-1 1/2 in. long, purplish red, with a thin skin and soft flesh, white toward the center, containing numerous hard seeds; flavor sweet and aromatic, sometimes likened to that of the strawberry, whence the common name. Brazil.—It flowers in late spring and ripens its fruits in Sept. and Oct. This species is extensively cult, in Calif., being hardier than most others, and is also grown in Fla. Var. lucidum, Hort., the yellow strawberry guava, usually listed by the trade as P. lucidum, differs in the color of its fr., which is sulfur-yellow. It is thought to be somewhat more delicate in flavor, but is less commonly grown in both Fla. and Calif, than the type. Plants intro. under the names of P. chínense and P. sinense have proved to be nothing more than this variety. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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