Scientific Name: Eupomatia laurina

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  • Pronunciation:
    you-pah-MAY-tee-ah law-REEN-ah
  • Common Name:
    Bolwarra, Native Guava
  • Type:
    Shrub
  • Family:
    EUPOMATIACEAE
  • Flowers:
    White to 2.5 cm. November to January
  • Fruit:
    Edible cup-shaped fruit, greenish/yellow when ripe
  • Vegetation Type:
    Wet Eucalypt Forest, Rainforest and along shady watercourses
  • Species List:
    Bush food, FI Podberscek, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, Wooroi Palm Grove, BSDoonan, Cooloothin Corner, Tewantin Forest Gyndier, Fraser Island, Batianoff 87, Upper Yandina Creek, NNP Palm Grove, Stratford Park, Heritage Park
Cultural Notes

TAKE CARE! Some information about bush foods and medicines may be anecdotal. Correct identification and preparation is essential:

Bush food: Fruit edible. The fruit is green and urn-shaped, 2-3 cm in diameter, and the sweet creamy pulp is edible, but full of seeds, rather like a guava. Fruits ripen in winter and are ready to eat when they are soft to squeeze. They can be used in jams and jellies, and are quite good to eat raw, although the seeds are a bit of a nuisance. (Jan Sked, SGAP)

Bark used for fishing lines preserved with sap of Corymbia gummifera.

Identification Notes

Branches: long and straggling. ||Branchlets: zigzag. |

Landscaping Notes

Excellent shrub for partial shade or understory. Strongly perfumed, very ornamental flowers and edible fruit. Long arching stems - could be pruned to shape. Prefers well-drained soils and reliable moisture.