Acca sellowiana 'Variegata'

RHS Plant Profile

pineapple guava 'Variegata'

Other common names

pineapple guava

Acca sellowiana 'Variegata'

Family: Myrtaceae
Native to GB/Ireland: No
Genus: 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: Synonym
Horticultural Group

Horticultural Classification Codes

Horticultural Classification Codes are often given to genera which have a large number of species or cultivars. They are used to categorise cultivated plants based on specific, shared characteristics such as shape, colour, size or flowering time, and can be displayed as letters or numbers

For example:
Dahlia ‘Sunset Kate (Sin) = Single flower
Rosa ‘Marigold’ (HT) = Hybrid Tea: This genus produces fruit, but not necessarily edible fruit