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Feijoa
Botanical details
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Native to GB / Ireland
- No
- Genus
Feijoa
- Genus description
A species of flowering plant cultivated as an ornamental tree and for its edible fruit, with green glossy leaves, and unusual-looking flowers with thick white petals and red stamens, which are also edible. The fruit tastes like a mixture of strawberry, guava and pineapple whilst the flowers have a sweet flavour similar to marshmallows
- Name status
Correct
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