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Psidium guajava L.

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Psidium guajava L., Sp. Pl. 470 (1753)
Psidium guajava L.

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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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L.
L.
1753
470
ICN
Psidium guajava L.
species
Psidium guajava

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guajava

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Psidium guajava L.

Shrub or small tree to c. 3 m high. Trunk smooth, light brown. Shoots quadrangular, densely hairy. Petiole 5-10 mm long. Lamina 8-14 × 4.5-7 cm, oblong-elliptic to obovate-elliptic, densely hairy at first, especially on veins below, becoming glabrous above at maturity, abundantly dotted with glands beneath, ± rounded at either end; veins parallel and prominent, impressed above and raised beneath. Fls solitary; pedicels densely hairy, c. 1 cm long, with 2 subulate bracteoles c. 3 mm long. Hypanthium c. 5 mm deep, campanulate, densely hairy; calyx limb splitting into 4-5, prominent, hairy, glandular, lobes 7-8 mm long. Petals 10-13 mm long, elliptic, white, glandular-punctate. Stamens mostly slightly < petals. Style c. 1 cm long. Fr. globose or subglobose, 3-4 cm diam., becoming yellow; flesh pink, sweet. Seeds numerous.

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Psidium guajava L.
Psidium guajava L.
Psidium guajava L.
Psidium guajava L.
Psidium guajava L.
Psidium guajava L.

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Exotic
Cultivated
New Zealand
Political Region
p. 16. Rare in NZ.
Exotic
New Zealand
Political Region
Subtropicals, Vol. 3, No. 1, p. 33

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Psidium guajava L.
Chile
Psidium guajava L.
Cook Islands
Psidium guajava L.
Cook Islands
Manihiki
Psidium guajava L.
Cook Islands
Rarotonga
Psidium guajava L.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Psidium guajava L.
Niue
Psidium guajava L.
Tonga

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b1800ebe-79a7-4769-b6bb-569800042854
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
9 February 2021
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