Shrub to c. 2.5 m high. Branchlets/young shoots ± terete. Leaves with petiole 4–12 mm long; lamina elliptic to oblong, 7–13 cm long, 3–6 cm wide, rounded at base, obtuse or acute at apex, sparse to dense ± spreading hairs below, ± densely hairy above when young, becoming less hairy with age; lateral veins 6–10 (–12) on each side of midrib, not impressed above, often slightly raised. Flowers solitary or 3 in pedunculate dichasia; peduncles to c. 2.5 cm long. Sepals 5–10 mm long. Petals 10–15 mm long, white. Fruit globose or obovoid, to c. 2.5 cm long; flesh somewhat bitter.
A small shrub or tree. It grows 1-8 m high. The trunk is 2-10 cm across. It has an appearance like a strawberry guava tree. The leaves are opposite and simple. They are 8-10 cm long by 4-6 cm wide. The flowering stalks have 1-3 flowers. The flower stalk is 1-1.5 cm long and large and hairy. The fruit are round or pear shaped but like common guava. They occur singly on new growth. They are 2-3 cm wide. The skin is yellow. The pulp is white and acidic. There are several seeds.
Shrub or tree 1–7 m tall, very similar to the common guava but with leaves 3.5–14 cm long, 2.5–8 cm wide with fewer lateral nerves; fruit round or pear-shaped, 1–2.5 cm wide.