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Guinea Guava

Psidium guineense

Found in disturbed areas. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you

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Not native

Not native to Florida. How scores work Is it native here?

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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 2 Florida counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

All habitats

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

21CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL

Genus host records with ranges including FL · Psidium

  • Acharia stimuleaSaddleback Caterpillar Moth
  • Anavitrinella pampinariaCommon Gray, Cranberry Spanworm
  • Argyresthia eugeniellaGuava Fruit Moth
  • Automeris ioIo Moth
  • Choristoneura rosaceanaOblique-Banded Leafroller Moth, Rosaceous Leaf Roller
  • Condica sutorThe Cobbler, Cobbler Groundling
  • Cryptothelea gloveriiOrange Bagworm
  • Erinnyis elloEllo Sphinx
  • Eupseudosoma involutaSnowy Eupseudosoma
  • Oiketicus abbotiiAbbot's Bagworm Moth
Show all 21
  • Platynota rostranaOmnivorous Platynota
  • Platynota stultanaOmnivorous Leafroller
  • Prostomeus brunneusGuava Caterpillar Moth
  • Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
  • Spodoptera latifasciaOrange-Striped Armyworm, Velvet Armyworm Moth
  • Strepsicrates smithianaBayberry Leaftier
  • Tarache apricaExposed Bird-Dropping Moth
  • Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformisEvergreen Bagworm Moth
  • Ancylostomia stercorea
  • Epidromia pannosa
  • Nystalea indiana
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
—BeesSoutheastern regional records
—Specialist beesPollen specialists
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Myrtaceae

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Conservation status

Florida rankNot available
Global rankNot available
FL statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source

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