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Latin name	Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca (Beissn.) Franco
Family	Pinaceae
Distribution	NW MW MC SC North America (Canada: British Columbia, Alberta; USA: Washington to Montana, Nevada to Texas; Mexico: Sonora to Nuevo León to Puebla) int MW Eurasia
North America distribution zone	NW MW MC SC
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel hyg->xer neut
Use	pl ti
Synonym	Pseudotsuga caesia (Schwer.) Flous Pseudotsuga douglasii ssp. glaucescens Schwer. Pseudotsuga douglasii var. caesia Schwer. Pseudotsuga douglasii var. glauca Mayr Pseudotsuga flahaulti Flous Pseudotsuga glauca Mayr Pseudotsuga glaucescens (Roezl) Bailly Pseudotsuga menziesii var. caesia Franco Pseudotsuga menziesii var. flahaulti (Flous) Silba Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca (Mayr) Franco Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca f. laeta (Schwer.) Krüssm. Pseudotsuga taxifolia ssp. glauca (Mayr) Schwer. Pseudotsuga taxifolia var. caesia (Schwer.) Asch. & Graebn. Pseudotsuga taxifolia var. glauca (Beissn.) Sudw. Pseudotsuga taxifolia var. glauca (Mayr) C.K.Schneid. Tsuga douglasii var. glauca Beissn.
English name	blue Menzies Douglasfir; blue Douglas-fir (Canada); Colorado Douglas fir, Colorado Douglas-fir, Douglas blue fir, Fraser's River Douglas-fir, Frazer's river Douglas fir, grey Douglas fir, inland Douglas-fir, interior Douglas-fir, Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir, Rocky-Mountain Menzies Douglas-fir
French name	douglas de Menzies bleu; douglas bleu (Canada); douglas du Colorado, douglas gris, douglas taxifolié bleu, faux tsuga, pseudotsuga du Colorado, sapin bleu de Douglas, sapin de Douglas bleu, sapin de l'Oregon
Spanish name	abeto Douglas de la Costa, guayamé colorado, pinabete, pino real colorado
Other name	Blaue Douglasie, Blaue Douglastanne, Graue Douglasie, Graue Douglastanne (german)
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Latin name	Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco var. menziesii
Family	Pinaceae
Distribution	NW MW North America (Canada: S British Columbia; USA: Washington to California and Nevada)
North America distribution zone	NW MW
Height	G
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel hyg->mes
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Synonym	Pinus taxifolia Lamb. Pseudotsuga douglasii ssp. mucronata Schwer. Pseudotsuga douglasii var. viridis Schwer. Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii f. brevibracteata (Ant.) Krüssm. Pseudotsuga menziesii var. viridis (Schwer.) Franco Pseudotsuga taxifolia (Lamb.) Britton Pseudotsuga taxifolia var. viridis (Schwer.) Asch. & Graebn.
English name	typical Menzies Douglasfir; British Columbia fir (Canada); Coast Menzies Douglas-fir, Douglas-fir, Douglas-fir typical, Oregon Douglas-fir, Oregon pine
French name	douglas de Menzies typique; douglas taxifolié vert, douglas vert, pin de Douglas p.p., pin de la Colombie, sapin de Douglas (Canada)
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Latin name	Pseudotsuga menziesii var. oaxacana Debreczy & I.Rácz
Family	Pinaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: N of Oaxaca City)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology
Use	ex (need to be protected)
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English name	Oaxaca Menzies Douglasfir
French name	douglas de Menzies d'Oaxaca
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Latin name	Pseudotsuga rehderi Flous
Family	Pinaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Chihuahua to Nuevo León)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	mes
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English name	Rehder Douglasfir
French name	douglas de Rehder
Spanish name	guallamé, pinabete
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Latin name	Psidium L.
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution
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Synonym	Mosiera Small p.p.
English name	guava
French name	goyavier
Spanish name	guayaba, guayabo
Other name	arrayán; Guajave, Guave (german); guaia (italian)
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Latin name	Psidium acranthum Urb.
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Haiti; Dominican Republic: Los Haitises, Bahía de San Lorenzo, Pan de Azúcar, Laguna, Península de Samaná)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	terminalflower guava
French name	goyavier à fleurs terminales
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Latin name	Psidium albescens Urb.
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica: Manchester, St. Andrew, Portland)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
Foliage
Ecology	mes->xer calc
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English name	white guava
French name	goyavier blanc
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Latin name	Psidium amplexicaule Pers.
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	calc
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Synonym	Eugenia corozalensis Britton Guajava amplexicaulis (Pers.) Kuntze Psidium cordatum Sims
English name	amplexicaul guava; mountain guava p.p., sperry-guava (Puerto Rico)
French name	goyavier amplexicaule
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Latin name	Psidium androsianum (Urb.) Correll
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Bahamas: Andros, Berry Island, Biminis, Mangrove Cay)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Eugenia androsiana Urb.
English name	Andros guava
French name	goyavier d'Andros
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Latin name	Psidium balium Urb.
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
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English name	Cuban guava
French name	goyavier de Cuba
Spanish name	guayabito (Cuba)
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Latin name	Psidium claraense Urb.
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	SantaClara guava
French name	goyavier de Santa Clara
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Latin name	Psidium dictyophyllum Urb. & Ekman
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Haiti: Port de Paix, Tortuga Island; Dominican Republic: Sosúa)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
Foliage
Ecology	calc
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English name	nettedleaf guava
French name	goyavier à feuilles nervurées; maguette, malaguette (Haiti)
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Other name	magèt, malagèt (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Psidium friedrichsthalianum (O.Berg) Nied.
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas to Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology
Use	fd (fruits) fr? pl
Synonym	Calyptropsidium friedrichsthalianum O.Berg
English name	CostaRica guava; wild guavo (Panama)
French name	goyavier du Costa Rica
Spanish name	arrayan (El Salvador); cas, cas acido (Costa Rica); guayaba agria, guayaba de dento (Honduras); guayaba de fresco (Nicaragua); guayaba de mico (Honduras); guayabo de agua, guyaba de agua (Panama)
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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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Latin name	Psidium guineense Sw.
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Cuba, Hispaniola, S Mexico to Panama) South America (tropics) int SC Eurasia
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel
Use	dr fd (fruits) fw ma ti
Synonym	Guajava benthamiana (O.Berg) Kuntze Guajava costaricensis (O.Berg) Kuntze Guajava guineensis (Sw.) Kuntze Guajava laurifolia (O.Berg) Kuntze Guajava mollis (Bertol.) Kuntze Guajava ooidea (O.Berg) Kuntze Guajava polycarpa (A.Anderson ex Lamb.) Kuntze Guajava schiedeanum (O.Berg) Kuntze Myrtus guineensis (Sw.) Kuntze Psidium araca Raddi Psidium benthamianum O.Berg Psidium chrysobalanoides Standl. Psidium costaricense O.Berg Psidium dichotomum Weinm. Psidium guyanense Pers. Psidium hasslerianum Barb.Rodr. Psidium laurifolium O.Berg Psidium molle Bertol. Psidium molle var. gracile O.Berg Psidium monticola O.Berg Psidium ooideum var. longipendunculatum Rusby Psidium polycarpon A.Anderson ex Lamb. Psidium rotundifolium Standl. Psidium schiedeanum O.Berg Psidium schippii Standl. Psidium sericiflorum Benth.
English name	Brazilian guava; araca, güisara guava, guisaro (tropical America); sour guava, wild guava
French name	goyavier du Brésil; gouyava de "Afrique", gouyave de l'Afrique; goyave France (Guadeloupe); goyavier acide, goyavier-fraise
Spanish name	allpa guayaba, araza del Brazil, arrayán, chobo, diondan; guayaba (Bolivia); guayaba ácida, guayaba agria, guayaba cimarrón; guayaba de sabana (Venezuela); guayaba hedionda, guayaba raijana, guayaba silvestre; guayabilla (Bolivia); guayabillo de tierra fria (El Salvador); guayabite de cerro, guayabito, guayabito aseyajan, guayabo; guayabo de sabana (Venezuela); guayabo sabanero; guisaro (tropical America); guyaba, guyabilla (Bolivia); orobua
Other name	araçá, araçá do campo, araçá verdaleiro, araçá-í, araça-iba, araçá-mirim, araçá-pedra, araçazinho (portuguese, Brazil); arrayana (maya, Guatemala); awi (portuguese, Brazil); chamach (quecchí); pataj (Guatemala); pichippul (maya, Guatemala)
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Latin name	Psidium harrisianum Urb.
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
Foliage
Ecology	calc
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English name	Harris guava
French name	goyavier de Harris
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Latin name	Psidium hotteanum Urb. & Ekman
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Haiti: Peti Goave, Massif de la Hotte; Dominican Republic)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	LaHotte guava
French name	goyavier de La Hotte
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Latin name	Psidium longipes (O.Berg) McVaugh
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (USA: Florida; Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology
Use	fd (fruits)
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English name	longstalk guava; Bahama eugenia; Bahama stopper (Bahamas); long stalked stopper (USA); long-stalk stopper; mangrove berry (Barbados); stopper, trailing eugenia; wild guava (Bahamas)
French name	goyavier des Bahamas
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Latin name	Psidium longipes (O.Berg) McVaugh var. longipes
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (USA: Florida, Bahamas, Lesser Antilles)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Anamomis bahamensis Britton ex Small Anamomis longipes Britton ex Small Eugenia anguillensis Urb. Eugenia bahamensis Kiaersk. Eugenia longipes O.Berg Mosiera bahamensis (Kiaersk.) Small Mosiera longipes (O.Berg) Small Myrtus bahamensis (Kiaersk.) Urb. Myrtus elliptica Urb. non Wright Myrtus verrucosa O.Berg Psidium littorale var. longipes (O.Berg) Fosberg
English name	typical longstalk guava; Bahama eugenia
French name	goyavier des Bahamas typique; eugénie des Bahamas
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Latin name	Psidium longipes var. orbiculare (O.Berg) McVaugh
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Bahamas, Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Eugenia orbiculare O.Berg Myrtus orbicularis (O.Berg) Burret Psidium insulanum Alain
English name	orbicular longstalk guava
French name	goyavier des Bahamas orbiculaire
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Latin name	Psidium montanum Sw.
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Ecology
Use	fd (fruits)
Synonym	Guajava montana (Sw.) Kuntze Psidium wrightii Lamb. ex W.Wright non Krug & Urb.
English name	mountain guava
French name	goyavier de montagne
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Latin name	Psidium orbifolium Urb. & Ekman
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
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English name	orbicularleaf guava
French name	goyavier à feuilles orbiculaires
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Latin name	Psidium sartorianum (O.Berg) Nied.
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, Cuba) MW MC South America (Ecuador, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	D E
Ecology	mes calc->sili
Use	dr fd ma (tannin) ti
Synonym	Calycorectes protractus Griseb. Calyptranthes tonduzii Donn.Sm. Calyptropsidium sartorianum (O.Berg) Krug & Urb. ex Urb. Mitranthes sartoriana O.Berg Mitropsidium oblanceolatum Burret Mitropsidium pittieri Burret Mitropsidium sartorianum (O.Berg) Burret Psidium microphyllum Britton Psidium minutiflorum Amshoff Psidium molinae Amshoff Psidium quinquedentatum Amshoff Psidium sartorianum var. yucatanense (Lundell) McVaugh Psidium solisii Standl. Psidium yucatanense Lundell
English name	Sartori guava; half crown
French name	goyavier de Sartori
Spanish name	arrayán, guayabillo, guayavillo (Mexico); mija (Cuba); rayana (Mexico); saguinto, sawinto (Bolivia)
Other name	choquey (guarigio, Mexico); pichi'che (maya, Mexico); pichiché (maya)
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Latin name	Psidium scopulorum Ekman & Urb.
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Psidium tomasianum Urb. & Ekman
English name	rocky guava
French name	goyavier saxicole
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Latin name	Psidium sessilifolium Alain
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Haiti; Dominican Republic: Arroyo Francés, Puerto Plata, Partido, Dajabón, La Vega?, Cofresi, Chacuey, Río Maimón)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
Foliage
Ecology	serp
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English name	sessileleaf guava
French name	goyavier à fleurs sessiles
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Latin name	Psidium sintenisii (Kiaersk.) Alain
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Calyptropsidium sintenisii Kiaersk. Mitropsidium sintenisii (Kiaersk.) Burret
English name	Sintenis guava
French name	goyavier de Sintenis
Spanish name	hoja menuda (Puerto Rico)
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Latin name	Psidium tenuirame Urb.
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
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Synonym	Psidium leonis Urb.
English name	thinbranche guava
French name	goyavier à rameaux minces
Spanish name	guayabito (Cuba)
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Latin name	Psidium trilobum Urb. & Ekman
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Haiti: Morne Bonpère, Morne la Rue, Massif du Nord; Dominican Republic)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	Haiti guava
French name	goyavier d'Haïti
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Latin name	Psorothamnus Rydb.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution
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Synonym	Dalea L. Parosela Cav. Psorodendron Rydb.
English name	psorothamnus; dalea, indigo bush; indigo thorn, smoke tree (USA)
French name	psorothamnus; daléa
Spanish name	mangle (Mexico)
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Latin name	Psorothamnus spinosus (A.Gray) Barneby
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	MW SW North America (USA: South California, Arizona; Mexico: Baja California Norte, Sonora)
North America distribution zone	MW SW
Height	S
Foliage	D
Ecology	xer
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Synonym	Asagrea spinosa (A.Gray) Baillon Dalea spinosa A.Gray Parosela spinosa (A.Gray) A.Heller Psorodendron spinosum (A.Gray) Rydb.
English name	desert psorothamnus; desert smoketree, indigo bush, indigothorn, mangle, smoke thorn, smoke tree
French name	psorothamnus épineux; daléa épineux
Spanish name	corona de Cristo (Mexico)
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