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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Feijoa' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/feijoa/). Accessed 2026-06-06.

Family

  • Myrtaceae

Species in genus

Glossary

monospecific
(of a genus) Including only one species (as e.g. Aextoxicon).

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Feijoa' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/feijoa/). Accessed 2026-06-06.

Feijoa

Feijoa sellowiana flowering on a terrace on Isola Madre, Lake Maggiore, Italy, June 2021. Image Tom Christian.

A monospecific genus native to central S. America, closely allied to the guavas (Psidium). The name commemorates Don Feijo, a botanist of San Sebastian.

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