Try Pineapple Guava....botanical name Feijoa but also known as Acca, species name is sellowiana. This is direct from John and he says birds would spread it. Does that help?
@savannah51 Thanks Sharon. I Googled pineapple guava but it doesn't look quite like that. These fruits are round more like a small pomegranate. I am sure John is right and that birds have introduced it into our garden.
@jackie8 Still not game to taste it. I will have to put it in with the fruit salad and feed it to David first. You would be amazed what we get as blow ins in our garden. We had something which looked very much like a cannabis plant as a blow in a couple of months ago. A lot of bush land near us so probably from somebody's stash!!! ha ha
A very good shot of an equally attractive plant, but the identification has got me tossed. I don't think it's a pineapple guava. Take a leaf and a fruit to your local nursery?
@eyesmile@888rachel@golftragic Thanks. No it hasn't flowered and a friend thought it may be a dwarf pomegranate. I will take it to a nursery and get it checked out when I get chance. Unfortunately, Bunnings has put most of our local nurseries out of business so I will have to wait until I go further afield. The inside does look a bit like a pomegranate
Was going to say feijoada, but as I don't come from these parts I wasn't sure. They are a bit insipid to eat but ok in cakes. Look what you've got me into Babs!
Babs, I think it might be a Lilly Pilly, Syzigium paniculatum, Brush Cherry. It will come up in the garden, seed dropped by birds, not invasive though. Any chance you could talk a photo of the inside and send it to me? I live in Newcastle, not far from you. Jen
@jennysprout Thanks Jenny. I will have a look tomorrow and see if any of the fruits are left. I think someone else suggested Lilly Pilly, but still not sure. Do you want me to take a photo of the inside and post it on here? Small world, we were in Newcastle today with our walking group at Ash Island (mozzie heaven today)!!
@jennysprout Sorry Jenny, no fruit left now they have all died off now or the koel has eaten them. This plant does look like a lilly pilly on the outside but I believe lilly pilly only has one seed inside. This plant is soft inside and had about 5 or 6 little seeds also soft a bit like a few seeds from a pomegranate. That's all I can say really, it will remain a mystery for now.
(Linda @se7en)