Psidium oligospermum, the Galápagos guava or guayabillo, is a small tree or shrub native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Mexico through the Revillagigedo Islands, Central America, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Windward Islands, the Galápagos Islands, and South America to central Brazil and northwestern Argentina.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Psidium oligospermum being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Psidium sartorianum
- Myrcianthes pungens
- Psidium myrtoides
- Myrciaria floribunda
- Myrcia multiflora
- Mouriri guianensis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Myrtales
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Psidium
- Species
- Psidium oligospermum
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