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Psidium guajava

Scientific Name
Psidium guajava
Family Name
Myrtaceae
Common Names
Guava.
Local Names
Piyara, sabri, gayam, guachi. (Bangladesh), Jambu biji (Indonesia), Si da(Laos), Bayabas (tagalog) (Philippines), Pera (Sri Lanka)
Description
Shallow rooted shrub or small tree, up to 10cm tall, branching from the base and oftenproducing suckers. Bark smooth, green to red brown, peeling off in thin flakes. Youngtwigs 4 angled and ridged, pubescent. Leaves oppossite, glandular; petiole 3-10mmlong; blade elliptical to oblong, 5-15cm x 3-7cm, glabrous above, finely pubescentbeneath, veins prominent below. Flowers solitary or in 2-3 flowered cymes, axillary,ca.3cm in diameter; calyx lobes 4-6, 1-1.5cm long, irregular, persistent; petals 4-5,locular; style 1.5-2cm long, stigma capitate. Fruit a berry, globose, ovoid, or pyriform,4-12cm long, surmounted by the calyx lobes; exocarp green to yellow; mesocarpfleshy, white, yellow, pink or red, with stones cells, sout to sweet and aromatic. Seedsusually numerous, embedded in pulp, yellowish, bony, reniform, 3-5mm long.(Indonesia)
Small tree, about 5-8m high. Young branches pointed, base usually rounded.Flowerswhite, 3-3.5cm across, solitary or 2-3 together. Fruit rounded, ovoid or abovoid, 4-9cm long, when young green, green or yellowish green when ripe. Seed numerous,embedded in aromatic, pink edible pulp. (Laos)
Uses
Astringent, wounds, ulcers, cholera, diarrhoea, diarrhoea, bronchitis, eye affections,sores, bleeding, gum disorders, diarrhoea, dysentery (Bangladesh)
Diarrhoea (Indonesia)
Wounds, dysentery, diarrhea, toothache, gingivitis, diuresis, diarrhea. (Laos)
Diarrhoea, wounds, scabies (Philippines)
Astringent, cough, cuts, diabetes, diarrhoea, leucoderma, rheumatism, sprains, tonic,tooth ache, wounds (Sri Lanka)
Locations Where Plants Is Conserved
Indonesia - Manoko
Philippines - LBES Medicinal Genebank, ERDB
Sri Lanka - Naula, Bibila, Kanneliya, Meegahak, Pinna, Haldummu
Remarks
Psidium guajava (GRIN)

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