Psidium guajava
Common guava · also Yellow guava, Lemon guava, Apple guava
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Psidium guajava is an evergreen shrub or small tree with pale brown, peeling bark, producing showy white flowers and yellow, globose to pear-shaped fruits up to 10 cm long. It is pollinated by insects and thrives in seasonally dry tropical climates. This species is widely cultivated for its edible fruit but is considered a high-risk invasive plant in some areas like Hawai‘i, where it naturalizes readily.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 9110.06%——
- 1650.10%—4.3 in
- 350.01%35 yr1.5 in
- 110.01%—5.0 in
- 100.00%—5.7 in
Traits
- Form
- Ornamental
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 20 ft
- Canopy spread
- 20–25 ft
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Drought tolerance
- Moderate
- Wildlife value
- Moderate
Trunk diameters across every city: median 4.1 in, mean 4.6 in, 90th percentile 8.0 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Tropical & Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
- Cauca Valley dry forests
- Magdalena Valley dry forests
Other Psidium in the catalogue
3 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
