Common name
Guava
Informal group
Plants
Territories
Island
Cayman Brac
Little Cayman
Grand Cayman
Establishment status detail
Persisting after cultivation. (Kristan (2002) Cayman Invasive Species List);
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Habitat
14. Artificial - Terrestrial
- 14.1. Artificial - Terrestrial – Arable Land
- 14.2. Artificial - Terrestrial – Pastureland
- 14.3. Artificial - Terrestrial – Plantations
- 14.4. Artificial - Terrestrial – Rural Gardens
- 14.5. Artificial - Terrestrial – Urban Areas
- 14.6. Artificial - Terrestrial – Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest
1. Forest
- 1.5. Forest – Subtropical/tropical dry
- 1.6. Forest – Subtropical/tropical moist lowland
- 1.9. Forest – Subtropical/tropical moist montane
16. Introduced Vegetation
2. Savanna
- 2.1. Savanna - Dry
- 2.2. Savanna - Moist
Other notes
Terrestrial.
Pathway detail
Deliberate introduction as a fruit tree and spreads within territory via seed likely by bird dispersal. (Kristan (2002) Cayman Invasive Species List)
References
Kristan (2002) Cayman Invasive Species List; Burton F J, Jenna Wong L, Pagad S (2020). Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands. Version 1.6. Invasive Species Specialist Group ISSG. Species Specialist Group ISSG. Species Specialist Group ISSG. Available at: https://doi.org/10.15468/asqqbw Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/0crgyy accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-08-22.