Botanical Name: Psidium littorale
Common Name: Lemon Guava
Type of Plant: dicot: tree/shrub
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape highly variable; mostly erect and multi-trunked with an open, loose rounded canopy; trunk and larger branches are smooth, with gray-green to golden brown bark
Height 10-15'(20')
Spread 2/3-equal
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors partial or full sun
Soil prefers a rich loam; can tolerate most soils
Hardiness some frost (zones 9, 15-24); thrives in warm locations
 
Morphology:
Leaves pinnate, opposite, elliptic-obovate; 1-1/2-4" long, smooth, leathery, med.-green, with short (1/4") petioles
Flowers white, bisexual, solitary or in small terminal or axillary clusters; 1/2-1" broad, with numerous stamens; April-July
Fruit a berry; round, pale yellow, 1-1/2" diam., ripens in fall
 
Propagation:
seed
 
Usage:
an attractive small accent tree used for its form and fruit; suitable for use as a container plant, informal screen or hedge
 
Landscape Care:
Watering prefers regular; tolerates some drought after established
Fertilizing balanced, in late spring
Pruning to shape desired; thin out canopy and head high
Pests/Diseases relatively free
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: Tropical Brazil
Family: Myrtaceae

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