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Psidium guajava

Scientific name: Psidium guajava L.
Botanical family: MYRTACEAE

Vernacular names

(In territories with significant traditional TRAMIL use)

Martinique:

  • goyav
  • gwayav

Guadeloupe:

  • goyav
  • goyav
  • gwayav
  • gwayav

Haiti:

  • goyav
  • gwayav

Dominica:

  • goyav
  • gwayav

Trinidad and Tobago:

  • guava

Grenada:

  • guava

Mexico:

  • guayaba

Dominican Republic:

  • guayaba

Venezuela:

  • guayaba

Colombia:

  • guayaba

Guatemala:

  • guayaba

Panama:

  • guayaba

Honduras:

  • guayabo

Other vernacular names

Botanical description

Shrub or tree up to 10 m high, bark peeling in large, smooth, thin, flakes. Leaves, opposite in pairs, elliptic or oblong, obtuse at tip, cuneate at base, blades 7-14 x 2.5-5 cm hairy beneath and transparent dots; flower usually solitary, petals white, stamens numerous; fruit highly aromatic and edible, a globose or pear-shaped berry, 2-6 cm in diameter, ripening yellow with yellow or pinkish flesh surrounding numerous hard seeds.

Voucher(s)

Delens,23,VEN

Gimenez,275705-33,VEN

Girón,267,CFEH

Jiménez,41,JBSD

Medina,41,CICY

Longuefosse&Nossin,32, HAVPMC

Pinzón,21898,CUVC

Espinosa,6178,FLORPAN

Delaigue,24,NHTT

Soto,45862,CR

Fuentes,4754,ROIG


Pharmacopoeia

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References

Disclaimer

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