Rubiaceae
Wild guave
Guettarda scabra
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Guettarda
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Wild guave
Synonyms
- Guettarda ambigua Chapm.
- Guettarda ambigua DC.
- Guettarda havanensis DC.
- Guettarda mathiola Pers.
- Guettarda rugosa Sw.
- Matthiola scabra L.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jacob Malcom, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Field, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michelle Sevcovas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Julien Kippelen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Tyler Radtke, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: jodyb77, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, 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.