Common Name
Monkey guava
Family
RUBIACEAE
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Trees Tree-like Palms & Bamboos
Spanish Name
Guayaba de mono
- Grows up to 15m in forest edges and nearby creeks.
- Fruit has a sweet and fleshy aril and are dispersed by arboreal mammals while fruits are in the trees and by terrestrial mammals when fruits fall.
- Pollinated by moths.
- The bark contains a blood clotting agent. PROPAGATION: Seeds