Psidium cattleyanum

TaxID: 375274

Basic Information

Psidium cattleyanum

Cattley Guava, Cattley guava

Psidium cattleyanum (World Plants: Psidium cattleianum), commonly known as Cattley guava, strawberry guava or cherry guava, is a small tree (2 C6 m (6 ft 7 in C 19 ft 8 in) tall) in the Myrtaceae (myrtle) family. The species is named in honour of English horticulturist William Cattley. The red-fruited variety, P. cattleyanum var. cattleyanum, is commonly known as purple guava, red cattley guava, red strawberry guava and red cherry guava. The yellow-fruited variety, P. cattleyanum var. littorale is variously known as yellow cattley guava, yellow strawberry guava, yellow cherry guava, lemon guava and in Hawaii as waiaw . It is an invasive plant in many areas and is considered the most invasive species in Hawaii, although it has some economic uses, including its edible fruit.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Myrtales

Myrtaceae

Psidium

cattleyanum

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Psidium cattleyanum
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(c) Elliot Prout@BY-NC
Psidium cattleyanum
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(c) Melissa Tulig@BY-NC
Psidium cattleyanum
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(c) Dan Fitzgerald (Fitz)@BY-NC
Psidium cattleyanum
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(c) Craig@BY-NC
Psidium cattleyanum
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(c) Thomas Irvine@BY

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
French Polynesia Present —

Distribution (0 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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No distribution records available.

Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (19 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
MNATU002-18 - trnL-F 602 Uruguay - -34.8601, -56.2
MNATU002-18 - ITS2 430 Uruguay - -34.8601, -56.2
ITSAC829-14 - ITS2 211 United Kingdom - 53.978447, -2.852944
GBVX2250-15 - matK 771 - - -
GBVX2197-15 - matK 785 - - -
GBVI151-11 - matK 1249 - - -
GBVI150-11 - matK 846 - - -
GBVI149-11 - rbcL 546 - - -
GBVI148-11 - matK 818 - - -
GBVI147-11 - rbcL 1356 Portugal - 39.675292999999996, -7.9336624
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