RE: [pfaf] ¿What is this fruit ? [1 Attac hment]
Thank you Ossi:
The size of the leaves looks to be wrong in the Enciclopedia of fruit. The leaves are small, maximum 3
cms. It is not invasive here in Paraguay. I guess it have its natural enemies in the places where it is native.
The word "araçá" that you used (marked in red below) means "guayaba" in the indigenous language in
Paraguay, still the most spoken language in this country.
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 11:19:51 +0200
Subject: Re: [pfaf] ¿What is this fruit? [1 Attachment][Attachment(s) from Ossi Kakko included below]
Encyclopedia of fruit and nuts says that strawberry guava (Psidium cattleianum) is called "guyaba japonica", "guyaba peruana" or "guyaba de fresa" in spanish. It is indigenous to the lowlands of eastern Brazil and parts of Uruguay and is considered invasive species in many areas where it has been introduced. Botanical description says it's "small tree or shrub-like tree from 2 to 12 m tall. The bark is smooth and grey brown. The leaves are opposite, dark green, glossy, leathery, obovate to elliptic and 3-12 cm long by 1,6-6 cm wide. Flowers are borne singly or in threes in the leaf axils. The flowers are white 1.5 - 2.5 cm in diameter, with four petals and numerous stamens clustered at the base of a four- to five-lobed calyx. The fruit is a globose to obovoid berry, 2-4 cm in diameter. The peel is thin, yellow, red or purple and tipped with a protruding five-lobed calyx. The aromatic, white pulp is sweet to subacid, surrounding numerous small, hard seeds."
Species araçá (Psidium angulatum) should have yellow or yellowish green fruit, but one should note that there are also many other Psidium species in tropical Amazonia... Ripe strawberry guava fruit may be stored for only 3-4 days at room temperature.
On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:50:41 +0100, Geir Flatabø wrote:
To me it looks like
Strawberry guava ...
but there are maybe more guavas looking like that !?
if so it is edible...
Den 23:07 31. januar 2012 skrev Javier Cosp Fontclara følgende:
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Somebody can tellme what is this fruit? Is it edible?
Looks like what we call "guayaba" but it is a lot smaller,
more red and the leaves are very different. (The picture of
the fruit include a leave).