- Family:
- Myrtaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Feijoa O.Berg
Feijoa sellowiana (O.Berg) O.Berg

[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 1500–2900 m a.s.l. Cultivated in Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Caldas, Cundinamarca.
- Habit
- Shrub.
- Ecology
- Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, shrubland, artificial - terrestrial.
- Vernacular
- Feijoa
[UNAL]
Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
- Vernacular
- feijoa, fraijoa, freijoa, guayaba feijoa
[FTEA]
Myrtaceae, B. Verdcourt, B.Sc., Ph.D. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2001
- Morphology General Habit
- Shrub or small tree 0.9–7 m tall with pale grey bark.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves opposite, elliptic, or oblong-elliptic, 2.8–7 cm long, 1.5–4 cm wide, obtuse at the apex, smooth and glossy olive-green above, densely white-tomentose beneath.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers in 1–3-flowered axillary or terminal cymes.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx-tube and outside of lobes white-tomentose.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals white or pink outside, crimson-purple or lilac-pink inside, up to 2 cm long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 1.5–2.5 cm long, with crimson or purple filaments and yellow anthers.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit dull green or yellow-green, often with dull red or orange blush, oblong or ellipsoid-ovoid, 2.5–8 cm long, 2.8–5 cm wide.
- Figures
- Fig. 4/4–5, p. 14.
[CPLC]
Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
- Distribution
- Cultivada en Colombia; Alt. 1500 - 2900 m.; Andes.
- Morphology General Habit
- Arbusto
[UPFC]
- Use Environmental
- Environmental uses.
- Use Food
- Used for food.
- Use Materials
- Used as material.
- Use Medicines
- Medical uses.
Native to:
Argentina Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Uruguay
Introduced into:
Costa Rica, Juan Fernández Is., Kenya, New Zealand South, Tanzania, Uganda
- Acca sellowiana (O.Berg) Burret
- Acca sellowiana var. rugosa (Mattos) Mattos
- Feijoa coolidegii J.R.Duncan & V.C.Davies
- Feijoa obovata (O.Berg) O.Berg
- Feijoa schenckiana Kiaersk.
- Feijoa sellowiana f. elongata Voronova
- Feijoa sellowiana var. rugosa Mattos
- Orthostemon obovatus O.Berg
- Orthostemon sellowianus O.Berg
- English
- Pineapple Guava
Feijoa sellowiana (O.Berg) O.Berg appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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14462.000 | No | ||||
Jan 1, 1983 | Sellow [s.n.], Brazil | Acca sellowiana | K000565017 | isotype | Yes |
Jan 1, 1983 | Sellow [4013], Uruguay | Acca sellowiana | K000565018 | Yes | |
Acca sellowiana | 53865.000 | No | |||
Andrews, S. [s.n.] | Acca sellowiana | 54549.000 | No |
First published in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(1): 615 (1859)
Accepted by
- (2019). https://doi.org/10.1600/036364419X15620113920608 epublication.
Not accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Acca sellowiana.]
- Govaerts, R., Sobral, N., Ashton, P., Barrie, F., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.L., Matsumoto, K., Fernanda Mazine, F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C. & al. (2008). World Checklist of Myrtaceae: 1-455. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Acca sellowiana.]
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Kew Backbone Distributions
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