Psidium sp. ‘Lime Guava’
Lime Guava
Psidium sp. ‘Lime Guava’
Psidium sp. ‘Lime Guava’ is a really beautiful dwarf guava species that can fit into any landscape or potted plant collection. My plant is about seven years old and is staying around 2 feet tall and wide and gets absolutely loaded with fruit. It’s a pretty impressive little plant and an equally impressive fruit. The fruit is a small neon green orb when ripe that has flavor profiles of lime and eucalyptus. There is a decent amount of flesh and there are very few seeds in the fruit as well, lending itself to fantastic eating qualities as well as easy processing. This is one of the fruits that gets eaten before it makes it back home to the kitchen. The Lime Guava has so far been one of my favorite plants in the garden due to it’s small size and delicious fruit. Highly recommend!
Family: Myrtaceae
Name: Psidium sp ‘Lime Guava’.
Common Name / Native Name:
Range: Cerrados of Central Brazil
Sun: Full sun
Height: 6 feet
Width: 4 feet
Foliage: Small, green, lanceolate foliage
Flower: Large flowers persisting throughout the warm season
Fruit: Small green fruits about the size of a nickel
Soil Type/ pH: Tolerates higher pH soils
USDA Climate Zones: 9b+
Cold Hardiness: Undetermined but has experienced brief periods of frosts,
Edibility: A very distinct guava that is a bright neon green when ripe. The flavor is very distinct and has a kick of a sort of limey-eucalyptus-y flavor to it. It’s probably one of my favorite guavas to eat out of hand and hasn’t made it into preserves yet, although I think it has a lot of potential.
Age to maturity: 3-4 years
Sources:
Wildlands Farm