
Native Guava
Rhodomyrtus psidioides
Family Myrtaceae
Critically Endangered (Myrtle Rust)
About
Listed among Nerang National Park's conservation-significant flora, this fast-growing rainforest regenerator has been driven to critically endangered status by myrtle rust disease across eastern Australia.
How to spot it
Glossy ovate to elliptic leaves with pineapple-like fragrance and stickiness when crushed, white or pink flowers, yellow fleshy edible berries.
Found in
- Nerang Conservation Park/Nerang National Park
Source: Wikipedia - Nerang National Park / Rhodomyrtus psidioides
Photo: Zaareo (CC BY-SA 3.0) via Wikimedia Commons