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Taxon: Psidium guajava L.

Genus: Psidium
Family: Myrtaceae subfamily: Myrtoideae tribe: Myrteae.
Nomen number: 30205
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 1:470. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 23-Mar-1993 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 17-Oct-1995
Species priority site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Hilo (HILO). Alternate site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Mayaguez (MAY).
Accessions: 41 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


Common names:

  • guava   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • lemon guava   (Source: Cornucopia ) – English
  • koejawel   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans
  • goyavier   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  • Guave   (Source: S. Reichel, p.c.) – German
  • Guavenbaum   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  • Guayave   (Source: Zander ed14 ) – German
  • banjiro   (Source: not available) – Japanese Rōmaji
  • goiaba   (Source: F SCatarin ) – Portuguese
  • goiabeiro   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  • araçá-goiaba   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • araçá-guaçú   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • guaiaba   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • guaiava   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • guayaba   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  • guayabo   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
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Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • NORTHERN AMERICA
    Mexico
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Mesoamerica: Belize; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama
    Caribbean: Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Bahamas; Barbados; Cuba; Dominica; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Hispaniola; Jamaica; Martinique; Montserrat; Netherlands Antilles; Puerto Rico; St. Kitts and Nevis; St. Lucia; St. Vincent and Grenadines; Trinidad and Tobago
    Northern South America: French Guiana; Guyana; Suriname; Venezuela
    Brazil: Brazil [s.e.]
    Western South America: Bolivia; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru
    Southern South America: Argentina [n.]; Paraguay

      Naturalized:
  • widely naturalized

      Cultivated:
  • widely cultivated

      Other:
  • exact native range obscure

References:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78:1-581. (F St John)
  • Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica. (F Jam)
  • Bernardi, L. 1985. Contribución a la dendrología paraguaya. II. Boissiera 37:146.
  • Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. (L Peru)
  • Conant, P. et al. 1997. Appendix. Selected plant species interfering with resource management goals in North American natural areas. In J. O. Luken & J. W. Thieret, eds., Assessment and management of plant invasions. (Pl Invasion)
  • Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. 1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago. (F Bahamas)
  • Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. (Zander ed14)
  • Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. (Cornucopia)
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
  • Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
  • Hackett, C. & J. Carolane. 1982. Edible Horticultural Crops. (Edible HC)
  • Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12. (Weeds SAfr 2001)
  • Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds. (Atlas WWeed)
  • IPGRI. New World Fruits Database - on-line resource. (New World Fruits)
  • Killeen, T. J. et al. 1993. Guia de arboles de Bolivia. (Trees Bolivia)
  • Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976). (Krussmann)
  • Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. (Econ Pl Aust)
  • León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946–1962. Flora de Cuba.; suppl. 1969 (F CubaLeon)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Liogier, H. A. 1984–. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. (F PuertoR)
  • Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. 1936–1971. Flora of Peru.; new ser. 1980- (F Peru)
  • Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
  • McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
  • Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
  • Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. [re. German common names].
  • Reitz, R., ed. 1965–. Flora ilustrada catarinense. (F SCatarin)
  • Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala. (F Guat)
  • Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). (Pl Res SEAs) 2:266.
  • Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. (Invasive Pl Spec)
  • Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943–1980. Flora of Panama. (F Panama)
  • Yaacob, O. & S. Subhadrabandhu. 1995. The production of economic fruits in South-East Asia. (PrEcFr)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Psidium guajava L.:

  • Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
  • New World Fruits Database: Online database from Bioversity International
  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

  • GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
  • Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
  • Seeds: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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