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Strawberry Guava

Campomanesia aromatica

Strawberry Guava
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0

Campomanesia aromatica is a shrub or small tree from the Myrtle family, native to tropical South America, grown for its aromatic leaves and fruit. It needs warm, humid conditions and good drainage.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during the growing season and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, slightly acidic loam or a peat-based mix enriched with compost.
Temperature
18–32 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Trinidad to S. Trop. America
Climate
wet tropical

About

Campomanesia aromatica is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is a shrub or tree native to tropical South America, including Bolivia, northern Brazil, the Guianas, Venezuela, and the Atlantic Forest ecoregion of eastern and southern Brazil.

Other Campomanesia plants

Campomanesia adamantium · Campomanesia espiritosantensis · Campomanesia grandiflora · Campomanesia guazumifolia · Campomanesia hirsuta · Campomanesia ilhoensis · Campomanesia laurifolia · Perfume Guava · Rio De Janeiro Myrtle · Campomanesia neriiflora · Campomanesia phaea · Campomanesia prosthecesepala

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Campomanesia aromatica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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