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Psidium guajava

(Abas, Common Guava, Guajava, Guava, Tropical Guava)

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in Afrikaans:

Koejawel

Common Names in Arabic:

Guwâfah Baydâ´, Guwâfah Hhamrâ´, Guwâfah Safrâ´

Common Names in Bengali:

Peyaaraa

Common Names in Burmese:

Malakapen

Common Names in Chinese:

Fan Shi Liu, Fan Tao

Common Names in Dutch:

Goeajaaba, Goejaba, Guave, Guyaba

Common Names in English:

Abas, Apple Guava, Apple-Shaped Guava, Common Guava, Goyavier, Guabang, Guajava, Guava, Kautonga, Kuahpa, Lemon Guava, Pear-Shaped Guava, Red Guava, Round Guava, Tropical Guava, White Guava, Yellow Guava

Common Names in French:

Gouyave, Goyave, Goyave Blanc, Goyave Poire, Goyave Pomme, Goyave Rouge, Goyavier, Goyavier à Fruits Rouges, Goyavier Commun, Guyaba

Common Names in German:

Apfeltragender Guajave, Birnförmige Guajave, Echte Guave, Grosse Gelbe Guajave, Guajave, Guave, Guavenbaum, Guayave, Rote Guajave, Weisse Guajave

Common Names in Gujarati:

Piyaaraa

Common Names in Hausa:

Gûway Bâ

Common Names in Hindi:

Amaruud

Common Names in Italian:

Guaiava, Guiava, Guiava Bianco, Guiava Rosso, Guiavo, Pero Dell´ Indie, Psidio

Common Names in Japanese:

Banjiro, Banjirou

Common Names in Khmer:

Trapaek Sruk

Common Names in Laotian:

Sida

Common Names in Malay:

Jambu Batu, Jambu Bereksa, Jambu Biji, Jambu Biji (Indonesia), Jambu Kampuchia, Jambu Klotok, Jambu Padang (Indonesia), Jambu Pelawas

Common Names in Nepalese:

Amaruud, Ambaa, Ambaka

Common Names in Portuguese:

Araçá, Araçá Pera, Araçá-Guaçú, Araçá-Uaçu, Araçá, Araçá Goiaba, Araçá-Uaçu, Goiaba, Goiabeira, Goiabeira Branca, Goiabeira Pera, Goiabeira Vermelha, Goiabeiro, Guaiaba, Guaiava, Portuguese

Common Names in Russian:

Guaiava, Guava, Psidium Guava, Psidium Gvaiava

Common Names in Spanish:

Arazá (Argentina), Arrayana (Mexico), Bimpish (Peru), Guayaba, Guayaba Del Perú (Cuba), Guayaba Dulce (Colombia), Guayabo, Hurapo (Chile), Luma (Argentina), Matos (Peru), Pichi (Mexico), Sahuinto (Bolivia)

Common Names in Tagalog:

Bayabas, Biyabas, Guayabas, Kalimbahin, Tayabas

Common Names in Tamil:

Koorayaa

Common Names in Thai:

Farang

Description

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Family Myrtaceae

Trees or shrubs , evergreen , usually with essential oils-containing cavities in foliage , branchlets , and flowers. Stipules absent or small and caducous . Leaves opposite, occasionally alternate, occasionally ternate or pseudo-whorled; leaf blade with secondary veins pinnate or basal, often with intramarginal veins near margin , margin usually entire . Inflorescences axillary or terminal , cymose but variously arranged, 1- to many-flowered. Flowers bisexual , sometimes polygamous, actinomorphic . Hypanthium usually adnate to ovary and prolonged above it. Calyx lobes (3 or) 4 or 5 or more, distinct or connate into a calyptra. Petals 4 or 5, sometimes absent, distinct or connate into a calyptra, sometimes coherent and pseudocalyptrate. Stamens usually numerous , in 1 to several whorls; filaments distinct or connate into 5 bundles opposite petals; anthers 2-celled, dorsifixed or basifixed , dehiscing longitudinally or rarely terminally; connectives usually terminating in 1 or more apical glands . Ovary inferior, semi-inferior, or very rarely superior, carpels 2 to more, locules 1 to many, pseudoseptum sometimes present, placentation usually axile but occasionally parietal ; ovules 1 to several per locule. Style single; stigma single. Fruit a capsule, berry, drupaceous berry, or drupe, 1- to many-seeded. Seeds without endosperm or endosperm sparse and thin; testa cartilaginous or thinly membranous, sometimes absent; embryo straight or curved .

About 130 genera and 4500-5000 species: Mediterranean region, sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, tropical and temperate Asia, Australia, Pacific islands, tropical and South America; 10 genera (five introduced ) and 121 species (50 endemic, 32 introduced treated here) in China.

Many Myrtaceae are cultivated garden ornamentals , street trees, or plantation trees. Some members of tribe Syzygieae are grown as fruit crops. In addition to the cultivated members of the family treated here, some others grown in China include Acca sellowiana (O. Berg ) Burrett (Feijoa sellowiana (O. Berg) O. Berg), Myrtus communis Linnaeus, and Syncarpia glomulifera (Smith) Niedenzu.Jie Chen & Lyn A. Craven "Myrtaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 13 Page 321. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Genus Psidium

Shrubs or small trees . Bark gray, smooth . Branchlets pubescent . Leaves opposite, petiolate ; leaf blade pinnately veined. Flowers axillary , large, usually 1 or 2 per axil. Bracts 2. Hypanthium campanulate or urceolate . Calyx lobes 4 or 5, unequal. Petals 4 or 5, white. Stamens many, separate, in many whorls; anthers ellipsoid , basifixed , locules parallel, longitudinally dehiscent . Ovary inferior, adnate to hypanthium, 4- or 5-loculed or more; ovules numerous . Style linear ; stigma expanded. Berry globose to pyriform , fleshy , many-seeded, apex with persistent calyx lobes; placenta well developed, fleshy. Seed coat hard; embryo curved ; hypocotyl long; cotyledons short.

About 150 species: tropical America; two species commonly cultivated in China with one naturalized ."Psidium". in Flora of China Vol. 13 Page 321, 331. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Physical Description

Habit: Tree , Shrub • Growth Form: Single Stem • Shape and Orientation: Erect

Flowers: Bloom Period: Spring • Flower Color: White • Flower Conspicuous: No

Seeds: Seed per Pound: 36200 • Seed Spread Rate: Moderate • Seedling Vigor: Medium • Fruit/Seed Abundance: High • Fruit/Seed Color: Yellow • Fruit/Seed Conspicuous: Yes • Cold Stratification Required: No

Foliage: Foliage Color: Green • Foliage Porosity Summer: Moderate • Foliage Porosity Winter: Moderate • Foliage Texture: Medium • Fall Conspicuous: No • Leaf Retention: Yes

Size/Age/Growth

Active Growth Period: Year Round • Growth Rate: Moderate • Mature Height (feet): 25.0 • Maximum Height at 20 Years (feet): 25 • Size: 30-40' tall. • Vegetative Spread Rate: None • Lifespan: Lifespan

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Perennial • Coppice Potential: No • Progagated by Bulbs: No • Propagated by Bare Root: Yes • Propagated by Container: Yes • Propagated by Corms: No • Propagated by Cuttings: Yes • Propagated by Seed: Yes • Propagated by Sod: No • Propagated by Sprigs: No • Propagated by Tubers: No • Fruit/Seed Period Begin: Summer • Fruit/Seed Period End: Summer • Fruit/Seed Persistence: Yes

Growth

Culture: Space 20-30' apart.

Soil: Adapted to Medium Textured: Adapted to Medium Textured Soils • Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils: Yes • Anaerobic Tolerance: Low • Salinity Tolerance: Medium • CaCO3 Tolerance: Medium • Minimum pH: 5.5 • Maximum pH: 7.0 • Fertility Requirement: Medium

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun . • Shade Tolerance: Intermediate

Moisture: Drought Tolerance: Medium • Minimum Precipitation: 40 • Maximum Precipitation: 150 • Moisture Use: Medium

Temperature: Minimum Temperature (F): 33 • Minimum Frost Free Days: 365 • Cold Hardiness: 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (map)

Taxonomy

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Unambiguous Synonyms

  1. Myrtus guajava (L.) Kuntze


Notes

An accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.

Place of publication : Sp. pl. 1:470. 1753.

Name verified on 23-Mar-1993 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 17-Oct-1995.

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Psidium

There are approximately 498 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

P. acidum · P. acranthum · P. acre · P. acunae · P. acutangulam · P. acutangulum · P. acutangulum var. acidum · P. acutangulum var. crassirame · P. acutangulum var. oblongata · P. acutangulum var. tenuirame · P. adamantium · P. aerugineum · P. aerugineum var. angustifolium · P. affine · P. alatum · P. albescens · P. albidum · P. amplexicaule (Mountain Guava) · P. amygdalinum · P. anceps · P. androsianum · P. anglohondurense · P. angustifolium · P. anthomega · P. apaense · P. apiculatum · P. apodanthum · P. appendiculatum · P. apricum · P. apysa · P. aquaticum · P. aquaticum var. triflorum · P. aquaticum var. uniflorum · P. araca · P. araca var. sampaionis · P. araneosum · P. arasa-hu · P. arasa-pe · P. arasope-mi · P. arayan · P. arboreum · P. argenteum · P. argenteum var. angustifolium · P. argenteum var. grandifolium · P. argenteum var. pumilum · P. argenteum var. purpureum · P. argentum · P. aromaticum · P. aromaticum var. grandiflorum · P. australe · P. australe var. argenteum · P. australe var. suffruticosum · P. bahorucanum · P. balium · P. barbosianum · P. basanthum · P. benthamianum · P. bergianum · P. berteroana · P. berteroanum · P. biloculare · P. blanchetianum · P. brasiliensis · P. brevifolium · P. brownianum · P. bullatum · P. buxifolium · P. cacuminis · P. calyptranthoides (Luquillo Mountain Guava) · P. campestre · P. campicolum · P. campomanisioides · P. caninum · P. canum · P. capibaryense · P. catleyanum · P. cattleianum (Cattley Guava) · P. cattleianum f. lucidum · P. cattleianum lucidum (Kuawa-Lemi) · P. cattleianum Sabine var. cattleianum Sabine · P. cattleianum Sabine var. littorale (Raddi) Fosberg · P. cattleyanum · P. cattleyanum var. coriacea · P. cattleyanum var. littorale · P. cattleyanum var. pyriformis · P. caudatum · P. celastroides · P. cerasoides · P. chiapasense · P. chiapense · P. chinense · P. chodatianum · P. chrysobalanoides · P. chrysophyllum · P. ciliatum · P. ciliatum var. sensu · P. cinereum · P. cinereum var. angustifolium · P. cinereum var. brevipes · P. cinereum var. grandifolium

Bibliography

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  • Chang Hung-ta & Miau Ru-hwai. 1984. Myrtaceae. In: Chen Chieh, ed., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 53(1): 28-135.
  • Chang Hung-ta & Miau Ru-hwai. 1984. Myrtaceae. In: Chen Chieh, ed., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 53(1): 28-135.

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    Last Revised: August 27, 2008