Guava Tree
Psidium guajava
Also known as Guava, Guajava, Common guava
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About Guava Tree
Psidium guajava, the common guava, yellow guava, lemon guava, or apple guava is an evergreen shrub or small tree native to South America. It is pollinated by insects. When cultivated, it is pollinated mainly by the common honey bee, Apis mellifera.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Psidium guajava
- Genus
- Psidium
- Family
- MYRTACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Native to
- Tropical America
- Distribution
- Tropical & sub-Tropical regions of the Old World
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- लाल अमरूद Lal amrud, amrood
- Tamil
- கொய்யா
- Kannada
- ಸೀಬೆ
- Marathi
- पेरु, पेरू, प्सिडियम ग्वाजाव्हा
Botanical family
Myrtaceae
Myrtle/Eucalyptus family
Guava Tree belongs to the Myrtaceae family.
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