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Psidium oligospermum
Psidium oligospermum, the Galápagos guava or guayabillo, is a small tree or shrub native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Mexico through the Revillagigedo Islands, Central America, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Windward Islands, the Galápagos Islands, and South America to central Brazil and northwestern Argentina.
In the Galápagos Islands Psidium oligspermum is found on the islands Fernandina, Isabella, Pinta, Santa Cruz, and Santiago. It typically grows in arid lowlands and moist uplands.
The berries of Psidium oligospermum are edible, reportedly with a slight taste of turpentine, and geese are reported to frequently consume the berries. The wood of the tree is used locally in the Galápagos Islands as fencing or a building material, but is not very hardy nor enduring.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Psidium oligospermum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
