Psidium guyanense
Pers.
MyrtaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is eaten fresh.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. It grows in moist forest.
Africa, Amazon, Australia, Belize, Brazil, Central America, Colombia, Congo DR, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Ghana, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Indonesia, Mexico, New Caledonia, Peru, SE Asia, South Africa, South America, USA, Venezuela, West Africa, West Indies,
Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Barbados, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Brunei, Bolivia, Brazil, Bahamas, Botswana, Belize, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Chile, Cameroon, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Algeria, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Grenada, French Guiana, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Cambodia, Comoros, St Kitts & Nevis, Laos, St Lucia, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Myanmar, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mexico, Malaysia, Mozambique, Namibia, New Caledonia, Niger, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Singapore, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, Suriname, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, El Salvador, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tunisia, Trinidad & Tobago, Tanzania, Uganda, United States, Uruguay, St Vincent, Venezuela, Vietnam, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
A small tree in the myrtle family native to tropical moist forests. It has oval leaves that taper to both ends and produces edible fruit.
Names & Synonyms
Guajava fluviatilis KuntzeGuajava richardiana (O. Berg) KuntzeGuajava sprucei (O. Berg) KuntzeGuajava umbrosa (O. Berg) KuntzePsidium guyanense var. amplexicaule Pers.Psidium richardianum O. BergPsidium sprucei O. BergPsidium umbrosum O. Berg.
References (3)
- Etkin, N. L. (Ed.), 1994, Eating on the Wild Side, Univ. of Arizona. p 141
- Reis, S. V. and Lipp, F. L., 1982, New Plant Sources for Drugs and Foods from the New York Botanical Garden herbarium. Harvard. p 207 (As Psidium sprucei)
- Syn. pl. 2(1):27. 1806
