Psidium guajava
Common name (English)
Guava
Common name (Greek)
Γκουάβα; Καβάφα
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Establishment status
Establishment status detail
Alien: Said to have been cultivated at Morphou [...] Widely cultivated for its sweet, musky fruits, ans naturalized (or even troublesome weed) in some tropical countries. It would not appear to be commonly grown in Cyprus (Meikle 1977).
First detection year
1928
Online resource
Pathway detail
As the species is restricted to parks and gardens introduction pathways are indicated in case of possible/potential escape from confinement.
References
Meikle RD (1977) Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 1.
Christofides Y (2017) Illustrated flora of Cyprus. Yiannis Christofides, Cyprus, 383 pp.