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Acca sellowiana
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An evergreen shrub in the myrtle family, native to Uruguay, Paraguay, and southern Brazil. The green ovoid fruit has a distinctive sweet aroma reminiscent of pineapple and banana. Cold-hardy and also prized as a garden plant. The flowers have showy red stamens.
Identification Points
- βOpposite, leathery leaves β dark green above, silvery-white below
- βFlowers with 4 petals and numerous protruding red stamens
- βGreen ovoid fruit with pineapple-like aroma
Habitat
Gardens, orchards, hedges
Season
May to June (flowers), October to December (fruit)
Morphological TraitsAI-estimated, needs verification
Leaf arrangement
Opposite
Leaf type
Simple
Growth form
Shrub
Evergreen/Deciduous
Evergreen
Flower color
Red
Habitat
Cultivated
Phylogenetic Positionγγγ’γ’η§ β
Phylogenetic Position
Angiosperms > Eudicots > Core eudicots > Myrtales > Myrtaceae
Divergence Era
Late Cretaceous to Paleogene (approx. 80β70 million years ago)
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