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Psidium guajava L.

Myrtaceae

SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, West Indies) int South America, S Eurasia, Africa and N M Oceania (tropics)

SC SE

hel mes acid

dr (clear fruits juice for hepatitis, gonorrhea and diarrhea, controls bowel movement, exhibits anti-bacterial action against intestinal pathogens, hot leaves decoction compress for trauma, pain headache and rheumatism, leaves decoction enema for diarrhea, leaves decoction gargle for sore throat and hoarse throat, leaves decoction or fruits juice with salt or sugar taken orally for digestive tract ailments, cold and high blood pressure, leaves decoction treated with warm water bath for varix and ulcer, oil contains bisabolene and flavonoides that exhibit anti-inflammatory properties) fd (fruits tinned, jelly, jam, chutney) fr fw ma (bark: tannin, volatile oil with methylchavicol, persein and d-pinene in leaves) pl (cultivated and naturalized throughout tropics and subtropics) ti (turned work)

Guajava pumila (O.Berg) Kuntze Guajava pyrifera (L.) Kuntze Guajava pyriformis Gaertn. Myrtus guajava (L.) Kuntze Myrtus guajava var. pyrifera (L.) Kuntze Psidium guajava var. cujavillum (Burm.) Krug & Urb. ex Urb. Psidium guajava L. var. guajava Psidium guava Griseb. Psidium guayava Raddi Psidium igatemyensis Barb.Rodr. Psidium pomiferum L. Psidium pumilum Vahl Psidium pumilum var. guadalupense DC. Psidium pyriferum L. Psidium pyriforme L. Psidium sapidissimum Jacq.

common guava; guava (Bahamas, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles, Micronesia, Puerto Rico, USA); wild guava; yellow guava (Jamaica, Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico)

goyavier commun; goavier; gouyave (Haiti); goyava (Lesser Antilles); goyave (Guadeloupe, Haiti); goyavier (Lesser Antilles); goyavier à fruits; goyavier pomme (Guadeloupe); pied-goyave

araza-puita, arazá-puitá, arazapuita (Argentina); chuará-catoco (Bolivia); cuayabo dulce (Colombia); dorquila (Ecuador); gouyabo (Cuba); guaba (Cuba, Puerto Rico); guaiaba dulce (Colombia); guajava (Belize); guava (Belize, Panama); guayaba (Belize, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); guayaba blanca (Peru); guayaba común (Dominican Republic, Nicaragua); guayaba de gusano (Nicaragua); guayaba del Perú (Cuba); guayaba injerta (Bolivia); guayaba perulera (Nicaragua); guayabales; guayabillo (Mexico, Peru); guayabo (Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela); guayabo dulce (Colombia); guayaha (Panama); guayava; guayava peluda, guayaya peluda (Panama); guyaba agria (Bolivia); guyaba del Perú (Cuba); guyaba dulce; guyaba perulera (Nicaragua); guyabo (Ecuador); guyabo dulce

araca (Brazil); a'sihui't (totonaco); abas (chamorro, Micronesia); al-pil-ca (chontal); amrud (India, Pakistan); apas (chamorro, Micronesia); araca goiaba (portuguese, Brazil); araçá-goiaba, araçá-guaçu, araça-guaiaba (Brazil); banjiro (Japan); bayabas (Philippines); bec (huasteco, Mexico); biaki (bambara and malinke, Mali); bjui (zapoteco, Mexico); buyaki (bambara and malinke, Mali); byaghe (senoufo, Mali); ca'aru (cora, Mexico); cac (poconchí, Guatemala); ch'amxuy (ixil); chac-pichi (maya); chalxócotl (nahuatl); coloc (maya, Belize); enandi (tarasco, Mexico); gayaba (portuguese, creole); gbyaghe (senoufo, Mali); goaachhi (India); goeajaaba (dutch, Netherlands Antilles); goejaba (Netherlands Antilles, Suriname); goiaba (portuguese, Brazil); goiaba-branca, goiaba-pera, goiaba-vermelha (Brazil); goiabeira (portuguese, Brazil); goiabeira-branca (Brazil); goyaghe (Mali); goyaki (bambara, malinke and senoufo, Mali); Grosse gelbe Guajave (german); gua-ibasim (maya, Mexico); guabang (palauan, Micronesia); guaia giallo (italian); guaiaba, guaiava (Brazil); guajaba (Netherlands Antilles); Guajave (german); guava (Brazil, Suriname and dutch, Netherlands Antilles); guave (Suriname); guayaba (dutch, West Indies); guyab (palauan, Micronesia and fulfulde); guyaba (dutch, Netherlands Antilles); gwayav (creole, Haiti); ikíec (cacchi); jambu batu (Malaysia); koiya (Sri Lanka); kuabang (palauan, Micronesia); kuawa (Hawaii); mo'eyi, mo'i (cuicateco, Mexico); mpera (Tanzania); mulu (kuna, Panama); ñi-joh (chinanteco, Mexico); pata (maya, Belize and tzotzil, Mexico); patá (quecchí); pa-ta'h (maya, Belize); pataj (quecchí); pehui (zapoteco, Mexico); pera (Sri Lanka); piac (cacchi, Canari Is.); piche, pichi (maya, Belize); pocs-cuy (zoque, Mexico); pojosh (popoluca, Mexico); posh, posh-keip (mixe, Mexico); pu-tà, putah (maya, Belize); sambadán (zoque, Mexico); sampi (shuar, Ecuador); vayeva-vaxi-te (huichol, Mexico); xoxococuahuitl; yaba (dutch, Netherlands Antilles); yagú-hui (zapoteco, Mexico)

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Latin name	Psidium guajava L.
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, West Indies) int South America, S Eurasia, Africa and N M Oceania (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel mes acid
Use	dr (clear fruits juice for hepatitis, gonorrhea and diarrhea, controls bowel movement, exhibits anti-bacterial action against intestinal pathogens, hot leaves decoction compress for trauma, pain headache and rheumatism, leaves decoction enema for diarrhea, leaves decoction gargle for sore throat and hoarse throat, leaves decoction or fruits juice with salt or sugar taken orally for digestive tract ailments, cold and high blood pressure, leaves decoction treated with warm water bath for varix and ulcer, oil contains bisabolene and flavonoides that exhibit anti-inflammatory properties) fd (fruits tinned, jelly, jam, chutney) fr fw ma (bark: tannin, volatile oil with methylchavicol, persein and d-pinene in leaves) pl (cultivated and naturalized throughout tropics and subtropics) ti (turned work)
Synonym	Guajava pumila (O.Berg) Kuntze Guajava pyrifera (L.) Kuntze Guajava pyriformis Gaertn. Myrtus guajava (L.) Kuntze Myrtus guajava var. pyrifera (L.) Kuntze Psidium guajava var. cujavillum (Burm.) Krug & Urb. ex Urb. Psidium guajava L. var. guajava Psidium guava Griseb. Psidium guayava Raddi Psidium igatemyensis Barb.Rodr. Psidium pomiferum L. Psidium pumilum Vahl Psidium pumilum var. guadalupense DC. Psidium pyriferum L. Psidium pyriforme L. Psidium sapidissimum Jacq.
English name	common guava; guava (Bahamas, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles, Micronesia, Puerto Rico, USA); wild guava; yellow guava (Jamaica, Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico)
French name	goyavier commun; goavier; gouyave (Haiti); goyava (Lesser Antilles); goyave (Guadeloupe, Haiti); goyavier (Lesser Antilles); goyavier à fruits; goyavier pomme (Guadeloupe); pied-goyave
Spanish name	araza-puita, arazá-puitá, arazapuita (Argentina); chuará-catoco (Bolivia); cuayabo dulce (Colombia); dorquila (Ecuador); gouyabo (Cuba); guaba (Cuba, Puerto Rico); guaiaba dulce (Colombia); guajava (Belize); guava (Belize, Panama); guayaba (Belize, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); guayaba blanca (Peru); guayaba común (Dominican Republic, Nicaragua); guayaba de gusano (Nicaragua); guayaba del Perú (Cuba); guayaba injerta (Bolivia); guayaba perulera (Nicaragua); guayabales; guayabillo (Mexico, Peru); guayabo (Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela); guayabo dulce (Colombia); guayaha (Panama); guayava; guayava peluda, guayaya peluda (Panama); guyaba agria (Bolivia); guyaba del Perú (Cuba); guyaba dulce; guyaba perulera (Nicaragua); guyabo (Ecuador); guyabo dulce
Other name	araca (Brazil); a'sihui't (totonaco); abas (chamorro, Micronesia); al-pil-ca (chontal); amrud (India, Pakistan); apas (chamorro, Micronesia); araca goiaba (portuguese, Brazil); araçá-goiaba, araçá-guaçu, araça-guaiaba (Brazil); banjiro (Japan); bayabas (Philippines); bec (huasteco, Mexico); biaki (bambara and malinke, Mali); bjui (zapoteco, Mexico); buyaki (bambara and malinke, Mali); byaghe (senoufo, Mali); ca'aru (cora, Mexico); cac (poconchí, Guatemala); ch'amxuy (ixil); chac-pichi (maya); chalxócotl (nahuatl); coloc (maya, Belize); enandi (tarasco, Mexico); gayaba (portuguese, creole); gbyaghe (senoufo, Mali); goaachhi (India); goeajaaba (dutch, Netherlands Antilles); goejaba (Netherlands Antilles, Suriname); goiaba (portuguese, Brazil); goiaba-branca, goiaba-pera, goiaba-vermelha (Brazil); goiabeira (portuguese, Brazil); goiabeira-branca (Brazil); goyaghe (Mali); goyaki (bambara, malinke and senoufo, Mali); Grosse gelbe Guajave (german); gua-ibasim (maya, Mexico); guabang (palauan, Micronesia); guaia giallo (italian); guaiaba, guaiava (Brazil); guajaba (Netherlands Antilles); Guajave (german); guava (Brazil, Suriname and dutch, Netherlands Antilles); guave (Suriname); guayaba (dutch, West Indies); guyab (palauan, Micronesia and fulfulde); guyaba (dutch, Netherlands Antilles); gwayav (creole, Haiti); ikíec (cacchi); jambu batu (Malaysia); koiya (Sri Lanka); kuabang (palauan, Micronesia); kuawa (Hawaii); mo'eyi, mo'i (cuicateco, Mexico); mpera (Tanzania); mulu (kuna, Panama); ñi-joh (chinanteco, Mexico); pata (maya, Belize and tzotzil, Mexico); patá (quecchí); pa-ta'h (maya, Belize); pataj (quecchí); pehui (zapoteco, Mexico); pera (Sri Lanka); piac (cacchi, Canari Is.); piche, pichi (maya, Belize); pocs-cuy (zoque, Mexico); pojosh (popoluca, Mexico); posh, posh-keip (mixe, Mexico); pu-tà, putah (maya, Belize); sambadán (zoque, Mexico); sampi (shuar, Ecuador); vayeva-vaxi-te (huichol, Mexico); xoxococuahuitl; yaba (dutch, Netherlands Antilles); yagú-hui (zapoteco, Mexico)
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