psidium sp. ¿?

[huertasurbanas]

Mother trees and fruits from Misiones (not mine):







Unripe fruits are green, they ripe in a light yellow.



our tree:

the leaves are similar to psidium cattleianum but when I break them the smell is not similar to strawberry guava (var sabine), and it is similar to lemon guava (var lucidum); but the trunks get red/pink and the new leaves get this redish or pinkish color, different to psidium cattleianum... and the veins are not so noticeable... what do you think?

[spaugh]

I have a strawberry guava that makes the yellow fruits.  If you let them get really ripe and soft on the plant they are really good.  The red ones are good too.

Looks like yellow strawberry guava to me but Im no expert.

[huertasurbanas]

I have a strawberry guava that makes the yellow fruits.  If you let them get really ripe and soft on the plant they are really good.  The red ones are good too.

Looks like yellow strawberry guava to me but Im no expert.

Yes, to me too.

[greenman62]

 the trunks get red/pink and the new leaves get this redish or pinkish color, different to psidium cattleianum... and the veins are not so noticeable... what do you think?

ive seen catley with reddish color in new leaves
and some with no red, just green...

i have a spot in my yard where the soil(sandy) is more reddish, apparently higher in iron.
the plants growing there all seem to have more red in the leaves and stems
(especially new growth)
i also see that in other Myrtaceae like surinam cherry (and other  Psidiums), when i add iron.

magnesium is another mineral that i think plays an important role in flavor,
as well as leaf coloration. Mg can make leaves darker and able to photosynthesize better,
which is especially important in shaded areas.
i have a Myers lemon that was hit with extreme cold in January (20F)
it was limping back to health, but some of the leaves were yellowish and small.
i added epsom salts (Mg and sulfur) and a little iron, and now the leaves are healthy bright green,
the older leaves are a darker green, and the leaf size is much, much larger as well.
its now growing faster than any citrus ive ever seen.

[huertasurbanas]

good point greenman62! the soil of this plant is red too: tierra roja misionera

[spaugh]

Here is my "big yellow" strawberry guava.

[huertasurbanas]

It looks exactly like some of my yellow ones.

But take a look at this other one:




this is a seedling from the Jardin Botánico Carlos Thays, yellow one too.

[huertasurbanas]

finally I have photos of the fruits, send by the seller from the mother tree. It never gets yellow and the pulp doesnt looks like p. cattleyanum to me, this white firmer parts are not like the other lemon guava (arazá amarillo) I know... what do you think?

[00christian00]

finally I have photos of the fruits, send by the seller from the mother tree. It never gets yellow and the pulp doesnt looks like p. cattleyanum to me, this white firmer parts are not like the other lemon guava (arazá amarillo) I know... what do you think?

My yellow strawberry guava look like that. It's a little insipid in my opinion.
Your pictures have the white balance off, it's tinted blue/green(eye of the photographer ), otherwise they look the same.

[huertasurbanas]

haha, OK