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waiawī ʻulaʻula

/ wai.awī ʻula.ʻula / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n., The purple strawberry guava (Psidium cattleianum 🌐), a small tree from Brazil, with smooth bark, smooth, shiny, obovate leaves about 5 cm long. The purplish-red fruit is round, about 2.5 cm in diameter, and has white pulp, good to eat raw or made into jam or jelly, tasting like strawberries.

  • References:
    • Neal 633–4.

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Purple strawberry guava (Psidium cattleianum; P. Littorale). A shrubby tree, growing up to 20 feet in height, fruit which is edible, is purplish and about an inch in diameter. A dye is made from its leaves. (NEAL 633.) Introduced.

Purple strawberry guava (Psidium cattleianum). A shrubby tree from Brazil, with purplish red fruit about an inch in diameter and white pulp that is eaten raw or made into jam or jelly. It tastes somewhat like strawberries. (NEAL 633-634.)

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