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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.