| Type | Exotic |
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| Family | Myrtaceae |
| Common Name | Guava |
| Origin | Tropical America |
| Botanical Features | Small trees. Stem smooth with pealing bark. Young stem 4-angled. Leaves l6-11 x 2.5-5 cm, elliptic-oblong, base rounded to obtuse-cuneate, apex acute-apiculate, hirsute on both sides when young, glabrous on ageing except the nerves, thin-coriaceous, lateral nerves prominent; petioles 0.6-1 cm long. berry 2.5-3.5 cm diam., globose crowned by persistent calyx lobes. Seeds many, embedded in fleshy pulp. |
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