Psidium montanum — Edible Plant Database

What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit is eaten fresh and is also used for making marmalade. Fruit are sold in local markets.

Where to Find It

A tropical plant. It grows in mountain forests between 375-1,200 m above sea level.

Africa, Asia, Central America, East Africa, Indonesia, Jamaica, SE Asia, West Indies*,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Antigua & Barbuda, Armenia, Angola, Azerbaijan, Barbados, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Bahrain, Burundi, Benin, Brunei, Bahamas, Bhutan, Botswana, Belize, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Grenada, Georgia, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Haiti, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jamaica, Jordan, Japan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Comoros, St Kitts & Nevis, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, St Lucia, Sri Lanka, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Myanmar, Mongolia, Mauritania, Mauritius, Maldives, Malawi, Malaysia, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Nepal, Oman, Panama, Philippines, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sudan, Singapore, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, El Salvador, Syria, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Trinidad & Tobago, Taiwan, Tanzania, Uganda, Uzbekistan, St Vincent, Vietnam, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

How to Identify

A tree. It grows 9-15 m tall but can be taller. The leaves are narrowly oval and 3-10 cm long by 1-4 cm wide. They taper to the tip and are wedge shaped at the base. The flowers occur singly. The fruit is a flattened round shape and green. They are 2 cm across.

How to Grow

Plants can be grown from seeds but also cuttings and grafting.

Other Information

Fruit are sold in local markets.

Notes

There are about 150 Psidium species.

Names & Synonyms

Pohon jambu gunung

Guajava montana (Sw.) KuntzePsidium wrightii Lamb. ex W. Wright non Krug & Urb.

References (7)

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Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 724
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Sukarya, D. G., (Ed.) 2013, 3,500 Plant Species of the Botanic Gardens of Indonesia. LIPI p 478