Ugni molinaeChilean Guava
Ugni molinae, the Chilean guava, is a small evergreen shrub of the myrtle family, native to the temperate forests of Chile and adjoining southern Argentina. Gardeners of an older generation will know the plant as Myrtus ugni, the name the shrub long circulated under. The genus name Ugni comes straight from uñi, the Mapuche word for the plant, while the species honors Juan Ignacio Molina, the Jesuit naturalist who first chronicled the flora of Chile; in the plant's homeland the shrub is simply murta or murtilla.
- Hardiness
- Zones 8–9
- Light
- Full Sun / Part Shade
- Height
- 3–6 ft.
- Spread
- 3–4 ft.
- Bloom
- White
- Plant type
- Shrub
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