Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Strawberry Guava Psidium cattleianum Canopy & Trunk


Common Names: Strawberry Guava, Cattley Guava, Peruvian Guava
Species: Psidium cattleianum
Common Synonym: Psidium littorale var. littorale
Family: MYRTACEAE

Strawberry Guava can grow quite large if it isn't kept pruned to size and allowed to grow for many years. It has quite a decorative bark and is has a good shade canopy as shown in the photograph above.