Common Name: strawberry guava
Family: Myrtaceae
Common Synonyms: Psidium littorale
USDA Hardiness Zone: 9a-11
Growth Habit: Shrub, Tree
Origin: South America
FISC Category: 1
FDACS Listed Noxious Weed: No
Introduction Date: 1880s
IFAS Assessment:
Is a shrub or small tree that grows up to 8 m high, has gray to reddish-brown bark, and is pubescent. The leaves are opposite. One flower is formed at the leaf axil.
Disturbed sites, forests and open woodlands, naturalized across peninsular Florida.
Also serves as a host for the naturalized Caribbean fruit fly Anastrepha suspensa. Has high salt tolerance. Has high fruit set and seed dispersal.
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IFAS. 2011. Integrated Management of Nonnative Plants in Natural Areas of Florida. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/WG/WG20900.pdf Accessed June 13 2017.
Langeland, K.A., H.M. Cherry, C.M. McCormick, K.C. Burks. 2008. Identification and Biology of Non-Native Plants in Florida's Natural Areas-Second Edition. IFAS Publication SP 257. University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Wunderlin, Richard P., and Bruce F. Hansen. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida. 3rd ed. Gainesville, FL: U of Florida, 2011.