AusBonsai

Hi everyone,
Appreciate some help with ID of this small tree. Found two of them on a friends property on South Coast NSW. He had been using the mower/chainsaw Bonsai technique on them. I looked around the property for other trees , but could not find anything that had the same leaf structure of bark. The leaf is waxy on top and smooth and soft on underside.

Regards Panda

Panda,
My first impression is those leaves look very much like fiejoa, aka Pineapple Guava, however I have the feeling that there are other things that look similar so lets see what others say. Fiejoa usually grows as an evergreen shrub to about 3-4 m tall and produces oval, green skinned fruit that are edible.

my guess Feijoa - http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&c ... 1061l7-1l1

Thx Jarrod,
Does look a lot like it, I'll do some more research.

Regards Panda

possibly Metrosederios

banksia wrote:possibly Metrosederios

http://www.global-garden.com.au/backiss ... ature1.htm

http://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl= ... x=49&ty=33
That crossed my mind aswell Banksia,

Does it have aerial roots?

If so I would think Meterosideros as well.

Grant

No aerial roots

Regards Panda

Some more pics .

Regards Panda

I might lean towards Pineapple Guava The bark and leaves look much like the Strawberry guava's i have,,

http://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl= ... 117&ty=101

http://www.j-web.com.au/jpage/feijoa-pi ... guava.aspx

Hi Panda
I'm tending to the feijoa ID.
From looking at a number of images on the web, and the tree (feijoa) in my garden, there are a few differences in the leaves between these two.

In F, there are less than 10 prominent veins coming either side of the mid vein of the leaf, whereas in M there are up to 20 or so on each side.
In F, the veins on the upper surface are 'indented', while those of M don't seem to be.
In M, the midrib, centre vein of the leaf, is very prominent: wide at the base and tapering up to mid leaf. In F, it is nothing like so prominent.
The 'intramarginal vein' of the leaf, this is the one that lies close to the edge of the leaf and runs parallel with it, is clear in M, but not in F. In the latter, the veins coming from the midrib end in filigri patterns, not running into a common vein close to the edge of the leaf.

These are not necessarily definitive characters, but with what I can see, they tend towards calling your two trees feijoas.

Cheers
Roger

BonsaiPanda wrote:No aerial roots

Regards Panda

OK, not Mterosideros.

Another vote for pineapple guava (feijoa) from me

Hi everyone,
A big thank you to all who replied. You guys are amazing Having looked at the photos on the links that were posted I am certain it is a Feijoa (Acca sellowiana). I will keep an eye on them and see what happens in Spring with flowers etc. Thanks again

Regards Panda


SOLVED- Feijoa