What is this small red fruit with a passion fruit like pulp inside?

Question

Can anyone identify this fruit? Its ripening now, which is early autumn here in New Zealand.

Answer 1

Based on the way the fruit is clustered, and similarly the way the leaves are clustered. I think what you have is Psidium cattleyanum. Common names include: Cattley guava, strawberry guava, and cherry guava.

There's a similar type, Ugni molinae (chiliean quava), but I think the fruits look more like cherries as they have longer stems.

Strawberry guava fruit are edible (including the skin), though I think they're most commonly used for jellies/jams rather than eating plain. Here are some pictures I found for comparison (click them for more).

Answer 2

That looks a lot like mangosteen, though it would be easier to be sure if it was peeled rather than sliced.

Never had decent ones in the USA; it's a very unique flavor.

Edit based on comments: Marble-sized - yeah, probably not mangosteen. As for pomegranate, not nearly enough seeds, I'd think, though perhaps at that scale it's a reasonable number - never seen them that small, but I don't know how small they grow that simply don't show up in markets.