Campomanesia aromatica, Campomanesia lineatifolia.

Campomanesia aromatica Griseb. Myrtaceae. Guava Strawberry.

Guiana and Cayenne. At Martinique, where this shrub is cultivated, it is called guava strawberry, because the flavor of its delicate pulp reminds one of the Pine strawberry. The fruit is edible.

Campomanesia lineatifolia Ruiz & Pav.

Peru. This species furnishes edible fruit.


Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World, 1919, was edited by U. P. Hedrick.