Rubiaceae
Yerba de guava
Coccocypselum herbaceum
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Coccocypselum
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Yerba de guava
Synonyms
- Coccocypselum brownei Desv.
- Coccocypselum glaberrimum (Borhidi & O.Muñiz) Borhidi
- Coccocypselum pseudotontanea Griseb.
- Coccocypselum pseudotontanea var. glaberrima Borhidi & O.Muñiz
- Coccocypselum repens Sw.
- Coccocypselum tenue Urb.
- Tontanea herbacea Standl.
- Tontanea repens (Sw.) Pers.
- Tontanea tenuis (Urb.) Standl.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.