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Fruits of the Hawaiian Islands

by Gerrit Parmile Wilder

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Psidium Guayava Pyriferum — “Waiawi.”

This handsome evergreen tree was an early introduced species, and now is very common about the islands. Grows very symmetrically, and attains the height of 20 to 25 feet. Leaves, small, lanceolate, shiny, the trunk and branches smooth. Flowers white and very fragrant; fruit small, pear-shaped, pulp yellow and containing many seeds; this species is very prolific, but the fruit is inferior.

G. P. W. Collection. Plate LXI

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