Trees & Plants

Guava

Feyru

Psidium guajava L.

Cultivated in homesteads Edible fruits are rich in vitamins A and C. The roots are astringent and constipating and used to treat diarrhea and dysentery. The leaves are useful as a remedy for cholera, diarrhea, vomiting, nephritis and gum boils. Th reat & damage: It is weedy in se

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uses: Edible fruits are rich in vitamins A and C. The roots are astringent and constipating and used to treat diarrhea and dysentery. The leaves are useful as a remedy for cholera, diarrhea, vomiting, nephritis and gum boils. Th reat & damage: It is weedy in several tropical countries and can displace native species by forming dense thickets. .P /OAF
family: Myrtaceae
synonym: Guajava pumila (Vahl) Kuntze, Myrtus guajava (L.) Kuntze
description: Small trees, stem smooth with pealing bark; young stem 4-angled. Leaves × C. subopposite, 16-11 2.5-5 cm, elliptic- oblong, base rounded to obtuse-cuneate, Th apex acute-apiculate, hirsute on both sides when young, glabrous on ageing except the nerves, thin coriaceous; lateral nerves Th prominent; petioles 0.6-1 cm long. Cymes axillary, 1-3-flowerd; peduncles 0.5-1.2 cm long; pedicel short. Calyx tube 4-9 mm long, ovoid, densely hirsute; lobes 4, united and closed in buds. Petals 4, white, 1-1.5 cm long, broadly ovate, caduceus. Stamens many. Ovary globose, many-celled; ovules numerous; style subulate. Fruit 2.5-5 cm diam, globose, crowned by persistent calyx lobes; seeds many, embeded in fleshy pulp.
native range: Tropical and subtropical America
distribution: Naturalised widely in the tropics and subtropics
english names: Guava · Common guava
flowering fruiting: March – May EUQEEFAR .M/OAF
occurrence maldives: Cultivated in homesteads