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Myrtaceae

Feijoa

Feijoa sellowiana (O.Berg) O.Berg

Family
Myrtaceae
Genus
Feijoa

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Feijoa (Feijoa sellowiana)
FlowerPhoto: Denis Zabin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (46)
Arabic
فيجوة شائعة
Armenian
Ֆեյխոա
arz
فيجوه شائعه
Asturian
Feixoa
azb
کایماک آغاجی
Azerbaijani
Feyxoa, Sellov feyxoası
Basque
Feijoa
Catalan
Feijoa, Guaiabo del Brasil
Chinese
南美棯, 南美稔属, 斐济果, 菲油果, 费约果, 斐濟果
Croatian
Feijoa
Czech
Fejchoa, Feidžoa, Feijoa
Dutch
Ananasguave
English
Feijoa, Guavasteen, Pineapple guava
Estonian
Brasiilia feihoapuu
Finnish
Feijoa
French
Feijoa, Goyavier de Montevideo, Goyavier du Bresil, Goyavier Du Brésil
Galician
Feixoa, Goiaba do Brasil
Georgian
Ფეიხოა
German
Ananas-Guave, Ananasguave, Feijoa, Brasilianische Guave
Hebrew
פיג'ואה, פג'ויה
Icelandic
Joðber
Indonesian
Feijoa
Interlingua
Feijoa
Italian
Feijoa
Japanese
フェイジョア, フィジュア
Kazakh
Фейхоа
Korean
파인애플구아바, 페이조아
Latvian
Feijoa
Lithuanian
Amerikinė aka
Malayalam
അക്കാ സെല്ലോവിയാന
mzn
فیجوا
Norwegian Bokmål
Feijoa
Persian
فیجوا
Polish
Akka Sellowa, Feijoa
Portuguese
Feijoa, Goiaba ananás, Goiaba serrana, Goiaba-ananás, Goiaba-serrana
Romanian
Feijoa
Russian
Фейхоа, Акка Селлова, Акка Фейхоа
Serbian
Fejoa
Slovak
Fejchoa, Feidžoa, Feijoa
Spanish
Feijoa, Guayabo, Guayabo del pais, Guayabo del país, Guayabo pais
Swedish
Feijoasläktet
Tatar
Фихыва
Turkish
Kaymak ağacı, Feijoa, Kaymakağacı
Ukrainian
Goiabeira serrana, Гуава, Гуаябо з Бразилії, Гуаява, Фейхоа
Uzbek
Feyxoa
vro
Feisoa

Synonyms

  • Acca sellowiana (O.Berg) Burret
  • Acca sellowiana var. rugosa (Mattos) Mattos
  • Feijoa coolidegii J.R.Duncan & V.C.Davies
  • Feijoa obovata (O.Berg) O.Berg
  • Feijoa schenckiana Kiaersk.
  • Feijoa sellowiana f. elongata Voronova
  • Feijoa sellowiana var. rugosa Mattos
  • Orthostemon obovatus O.Berg
  • Orthostemon sellowianus O.Berg

Flowers

In flower
April to May, October to November (from 75 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

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.