Cherry guava
Psidium cattleianum var. cattleianum
family
Myrtaceae
origin
Exotic
declaration
NIL
For information only
Common names
Cherry guava, Cattley guava, Porpay, Purple guava, Small guava.
A shrub or small tree growing 1-8 m tall. Its dark green leaves (up to 8 cm long) are shiny and somewhat leathery in nature. Its white flowers (15-25 mm across) have five petals and numerous stamens. These flowers are borne singly in the leaf upper forks. Its fleshy fruit (2-3 cm across) turn purplish-red in colour when mature and are crowned with the some of the old flower parts.
Impact
Impact
Red cherry guava (Psidium cattleianum var. cattleianum) in regarded as an environmental weed in Queensland and New South Wales, and as a significant environmental weed on Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. It was recently listed as a priority environmental weed in at least one Natural Resource Management region.This species is also a serious woody weed of sub-tropical island ecosystems in other parts of the world. Becuase of this it is listed in the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD), and is regarded to be among the top 100 of the world's worst invasive alien species.
Location
Location
Characteristics
Characteristics
Similar Species
Similar Species
Red cherry guava (Psidium cattleianum var. cattleianum) in regarded as an environmental weed in Queensland and New South Wales, and as a significant environmental weed on Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. It was recently listed as a priority environmental weed in at least one Natural Resource Management region.This species is also a serious woody weed of sub-tropical island ecosystems in other parts of the world. Becuase of this it is listed in the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD), and is regarded to be among the top 100 of the world's worst invasive alien species.
