General Information

COMMON NAMES: Feijoa, Guavasteen, Pineapple Guava; German Feijoa GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE S.America COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Not naturalised; Land, lowlands SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Food (Fruit 0+)

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea: Present
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
	+	-	-	-		-		-

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
-	-	-	-	-	-

Acca sellowiana (O.Berg.)
SYNONYMS: Feijoa sellowiana

TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); ROSIDAE; Myrtales; MYRTACEAE

SIGNIFICANCE NOTES -
POSITIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Food (Fruit 0+). Comments: Pineapples have been grown in the Cook Islands since soon after the Missionaries arrived. The Ripley Queen was introduced to Mangaia from Queensland in 1946 and formed the major export industry from 1949 to 1957. It was introduced to Atiu in 1950 for a local-sale industry. The Sooth Cayenne was introduced to Mangaia from hawai'i and Australia in 1960 to supply the canning factory in Rarotonga which opened in 1961. Atiu join the supply industry in 1970 also with Smooth Cayenne. [GMcC 11/2003]

Vouchers:
None Recorded.

References:
p.631 Neal - In Gardens of Hawaii
p.10 Royal Hort. Soc. Index of Garden Plants
p.686 Tropica

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM05a

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