Accession Data

Acca sellowiana

Common Name: Feijoa, guavasteen, pineapple guava

Family: Myrtaceae

Country of Origin: Brazil (S. Minas Gerais) to Argentina (Misiones)

Description: This evergreen shrub or small tree from South America is a useful landscape ornamental with its showy flowers and grey-green leaves. It is hardy and withstands 14°F. The fruit has green skin covered with white powder, is oblong to 3" and has sweet/acid white pulp. It should be harvested immediately after it falls. (Holding out your hand is the "tongue-in-cheek" recommended method.) It is eaten fresh, makes a good jelly or the pureed pulp dries to a flavorful leather.

Syn. Acca sellowiana

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 8-9

Accession #: 199200436

Accession Date: 1992-12-31 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2116

Quantity: 1

Source: Unknown

Provenance: 10 September 2014 - name corrected from Feijoa sellowiana to Acca sellowiana.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: rosids

Order: Myrtales

Family: Myrtaceae

SubFamily: Myrtoideae

Tribe: Myrteae

Flowering Data:

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References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 10 September 2014.
  2. WCSP (2014). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 10 September 2014.

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