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Flora
Entry for PSIDIUM guajava L. [family MYRTACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin & G. Moggi [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
PSIDIUM guajavaL. [family MYRTACEAE], (1753).
Information
Small tree. Leaf-blades elliptic to oblong-elliptic, up to 13 x 7 cm, pubescent below, with numerous parallel lateral nerves prominent beneath. Flowers solitary in leaf-axils. Calyx-lobes c. 9 x 5 mm, puberulous inside, persistent. Petals white, c. 13 x 8 mm. Stamens c. 1 cm long. Style about as long as stamens. Berry at least up to 5 cm in diam., globose or ovoid, usually yellow-green.
Range
Recorded from cultivation in N1, N2, S2 and S3, but certainly more widespread native of tropical America, now planted throughout the tropics for its edible fruits rich in vitamin
