Calling All Gardeners and Botanists
@bagarad (14283)
Paso Robles, California
June 29, 2018 11:05pm CST
I took a photo at the park a couple of days ago of a plant that seems familiar, but I don't know what it is. At first I thought is was a guava. It seemed to resemble pineapple guava trees we had at our other house, but I have no photos of that tree in bloom to compare with this photo. The guava flowers I saw online are quite different, so it's probably something else.
My online research and gardening books haven't helped. Can any of you tell me what this plant is? It is in bloom now in Paso Robles, California in the City Park. I'm assuming it is drought resistant. I'm hoping maybe one of you has one and knows what it is.
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
30 Jun 18
This page has all the details. Happy to do this. Funny it is called pineapple guava
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search "Feijoa" redirects here. For the genus formerly known as Feijoa, see Acca (plant). This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
30 Jun 18
@bagarad It is edible and that's what I read
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
30 Jun 18
Thank you, thank you. No wonder it looks familiar. I had it in my yard for several years before I moved here. I had thought that's what it was, but when I looked up guava, it didn't look anything like this, and it wasn't among the guava varieties in the Sunset Western Garden Book. So I was thinking I'd been wrong that it was the plant I'd had and that maybe after 25 years I had forgotten its looks. So when I took the photo I had it labeled guava and then the references had me thinking I was wrong. I wonder who will eat the fruit -- the birds or the homeless or just anyone walking by.
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@DianneN (246720)
• United States
10 Jul 18
I'm so happy @allknowing knew exactly what it's called. I know very little about plants other than those that grow in my yard.
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
11 Jul 18
I did a search. It took time but I learnt something too.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
30 Jun 18
That's what I discovered when I searched for guava images. Now I'm not even sure it produce an edible fruit. I'm sure I've seen it before but I don't remember where. It's driving me crazy knowing I should know and not being able to remember.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16533)
• China
30 Jun 18
I search it online.I think the plant in your photo resembles the pineapple guava tree.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16533)
• China
2 Jul 18
@bagarad The pineapple guava and guava both belong to Myrtle family.Here we call guava "fan shi liu"(transliteration),shi liu means pomegranate,because its fruit looks like the fruit of pomegranate.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search This article is about the fruit. For other uses, see Guava (disambiguation). Ripe apple guavas (Psidium guajava) Guavas, common Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz) Energy 285 kJ (68 k
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
3 Jul 18
@changjiangzhibin89 That's interesting. It's fun to see how all these plants are related to each other. I see that even eucalyptus, melaleuca, and bottlebrush are in this family. Yet the crape myrtle is not related. Go figure.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
1 Jul 18
That's definitely it. What's funny is that I knew it all along but double-checking online made me think I was wrong. I didn't know the pineapple guava wasn't a true guava, so I didn't do a separate search for the pineapple guava.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
11 Jul 18
I guess that's why it's planted so much in Southern California. The fruit is popular, too.
@LadyDuck (458029)
• Switzerland
30 Jun 18
@allknowing is correct, those are the flowers of the Acca sellowiana, I have seen some bushes in the south of Italy.
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@LadyDuck (458029)
• Switzerland
1 Jul 18
@bagarad I am right back home now, we went there again this morning (driving from home at 4 am). Almost everything is moved now. The next Wednesday we fully finish. You are right it's hard, but it's depressing. That is the apartment where I grew up.
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@LadyDuck (458029)
• Switzerland
30 Jun 18
@allknowing I am very sleepy today, I had an exhausting day yesterday moving out the furniture from mom's apartment and I was so tired that I was unable to sleep during the night.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
7 Jul 18
Yes. Now that I know it grows here, maybe I should plant one.
