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Psidium myrtoides
Psidium myrtoides, commonly known as purple forest guava or araçá-una, is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is found in Atlantic Forest in São Paulo and northern Paraná, Brazil. The plant grows up to 4–6 meter and sometimes 8 meters tall. It blooms from October to December with solitary white flowers. Fruits are round and 2.5–4.2 cm wide with a reddish pulp that is somewhat bitter and with around ten white seeds.
It is sometimes misidentified as the nonexistent Psidium eugeniaefolia.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 792108.