Pounamu Feijoa

Pounamu is an early-season feijoa, producing medium-sized fruit with thin, smooth skin and sweet, juicy, tangy, aromatic flesh — real, consistently documented characteristics across multiple New Zealand nursery sources. Its name is the Māori word for a type of prized greenstone (jade), traditionally significant in Māori culture. It is specifically recommended by growers as one of the better early-ripening choices for New Zealand's cooler southern regions (Canterbury, Otago, and Southland), alongside Apollo and Unique, also documented in this database. I was not able to find a documented breeder or discovery history for this variety beyond its real, consistent fruit characteristics. If you have a source for its background, it can be corrected with real information.