Psidium sartorianum

[luc]

Fruiting now , somebody asked me for seeds , don't remember who....

[FlyingFoxFruits]

how do the fruits taste? how big does the tree get?  I'm wondering if anyone grows this already in FL...I see CA seller who has them

[Felipe]

Eating quality? Pictures? 

[FlyingFoxFruits]

Felipe,

I hear they have a big seeds, and taste very nice.

someone was on a blog saying they love them.

I bet they're comparable to a feijoa and a cattley guava   

[luc]

1 cm yellow fruit , sweet - acid , 4 to 5 seeds . Pics didn't turn out well due to moving branches ( wind )

[fruitlovers]

The existentialist guava? Also called Sartre?  Have faint memory of tasting some here. They were quite acid as i recall.

[huertasurbanas]

http://www.cloudforest.com/cafe/forum/68787.html

[Recher]

DEFINITELY inferior to feijoa, strawberry guava, guisaro

a tasty SECOND class fruit

does extremely well here in wet warm subtropics on both basalt and rhyolite soils.. heavy fruiter

an enjoyable addition

[huertasurbanas]

Hi, this is funny, finally I got psidium sartorianum from a collector that got his seeds from Luc... so I have just one nice plant.

The smell of the leaves is so good! to me is the best of the psidiums I know: best than longipetiolatum and eugeniaefolia. I will try to do some tea




I read on the net that there is a lot of variation on this species: green, yellow and even redish fruits, so maybe there are better varieties than others.

[luc]

Normally when in season they are sold here on street-corners ( yellow variety ) , slightly acid , like Paul Recher said heavy fruiter and a nice addition to a guava collection .

[huertasurbanas]

I am glad it is a popular fruit there! we are so boring!

I made a tea out of its leaves, I am drinking it now and it is maybe the best myrtaceae tea I know, the flavour is something like guava+lemon+mint or so.

[Heinrich]

This is my only seedling. Nine months old. Seeds from Birdman. Hope it fruits by itself, when old enough. The smell of crushed leaves reminds me on bubblegum.

[nattyfroootz]

Is anyone selling seeds? I am totally interested in growing these, and as many other psidiums as I can

[greenman62]

Luc
that might have been me.
i was looking for seeds a year or 2 ago (i still am)
tradewinds was out, still is
id rather get them from you anyway,
 i would have more confidence in fresh seeds and good tasting fruit.

leaves look a bit like strawberry guava...

Sartre Guava
Calyptropsidium sartorianum   Sartre Guava, Arrayan
http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/content/sartre-guava.htm