Hi, I received this plant from a collectionist 4 years ago labeled as psidium guyanense.
august 2014:
january 2016:
2017It grew up fast in a pot with no problems, then I planted it in a hot and sunny place at my garden and it fruited for the first time the last year, 24 march 2017
1.6m tall
http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=23200.msg277951#msg277951
But it had only one fruit, it was green and with 2 fruit fly worms (not properly ripe). Anyway it was tasty, 12ş Brix.
march 2018I dont have a refractometer now, but its sweetness is better now, I suppose something like 16ş Brix or so.
The size is really big for an "arazá" that is a sister of the strawberry guava
It was very difficult to get it properly ripe here because of the fruit fly worms (and maybe because of our cold nights? 13ş C), but I got some good fruits, as for instance this one:
As you can see, the bigger fruits are yet to come and I love this species: it tastes very complex, like a mix of pineaple, pear, apple, guava, strawberry guava, banana, plum and so on (I gave it to taste to some friends and family and they got all those flavours of different fruits, I agree)
if properly ripe. If not properly ripe, it can taste to tomato or some vegetable, and it smells like an unripe banana.
When ripe It smells like it tastes. The perfume is not like a guava, nor like strawberry guava, it is not strong but I love it. Some parts of the skin are tart and some are sweet.
