Psidium guajava: 1 definition
Introduction:
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Biology (plants and animals)
Psidium guajava L. is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine. It has the following synonyms: Guajava pumila (Vahl) Kuntze, Guajava pumila Kuntze, Guajava pyrifera (L.) Kuntze, Guajava pyrifera Kuntze, Myrtus guajava (L.) Kuntze, Myrtus guajava Kuntze, Myrtus guajava var. pyrifera (L.) Kuntze, Psidium angustifolium Lam., Psidium aromaticum Blanco, nom. illeg., Psidium aromaticum Aubl., Psidium aromaticum D. Don ex O. Berg, Psidium aromaticum Descourt., Psidium cujavillus Burman f., Psidium cujavus L., Psidium fragrans Macfad., Psidium guajava var. cujavillum (Burman f.) Krug & Urb., Psidium guajava L. var. cujavillum Krug & Urb., Psidium guajava var. guajava, Psidium guajava var. minor Mattos, Psidium guava Griseb., Psidium guava Radd. ex Hemsley, nom. inval., Psidium guayava Raddi, Psidium guyava var. pomiferum (L.) Duthie, Psidium guyava var. pyriferum (L.) Duthie, Psidium igatemyense Barb. Rodr., Psidium igatemyensis Barb.Rodr., Psidium intermedium Zipp. ex Blume, Psidium pomiferum L., nom. illeg. superfl., Psidium prostratum O. Berg, Psidium pumilum Vahl, Psidium pumilum var. guadalupense DC., Psidium pyriferum L., nom. illeg., Psidium pyriferum var. glabrum Benth., Psidium sapidissimum Jacq., Psidium vulgare Rich., Syzygium ellipticum K. Schum. & Lauterb., Syzygium ellipticum Wall..
References regarding Psidium guajava L. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Herb. Amboin. (Linn.) (1754)
· The Gardeners Dictionary (1754)
· Systema Naturae, ed. 10
· Species Plantarum (1762)
· Flora Indica (1768)
· Hist. Pl. Guiane (1775)
· Encycl. (Lamarck) (1789)
· Symbolae Botanicae (1791)
· Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris (1792)
· Plantarum Rariorum Horti Caesarei Schoenbrunnensis Descriptiones et Icones (1798)
· Flore pittoresque et médicale des Antilles. (1821)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1828)
· Numer. List (3587)
· Flora de Filipinas (1837)
· Journal of Botany (Hooker) (1840)
· Mus. Bot. (1850)
· Linnaea (1856)
· Fl. Bras. (Martius) (1857)
· Flora of the British West Indian Islands (1860)
· FBI (1878)
· Biologia Centrali-Americana; … Botany (1880)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien (1893)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzenge schichte und Pflanzengeographie (1894)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1898)
· Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee (1900)
· Myrtaceae du Paraguay (1903)
· Enum. (1906)
· Interpret. Rumph. Herb. Amb. (1917)
· Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands (1925)
· Flora of Suriname (1951)
· Flora de Cuba (1953)
· Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series (1958)
· Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1958)
· Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (1958)
· Lilloa (1966)
· Flora Analítica e Fitogeográfica do Estado de São Paulo (1970)
· Loefgrenia (1976)
· Flora Ilustrada Catarinense (1977)
· Selbyana (1978)
· Listados Florísticos de México (1983)
· Boissiera (1985)
· Flórulas de las Zonas de Vida del Ecuador (1985)
· Cytologia (1985)
· Flora of the Lesser Antilles, Leeward and Windward Islands (1989)
· Flora de Veracruz (1990)
· Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and Adjacent Islands: Spermatophyta (1994)
· Identificación de Especies Vegetales en Chuquisaca—Teoría, Práctica y Resultados (2000)

This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
See also (Relevant definitions)
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International Ayurvedic Medical Journal
REVIEW ON MEDICINAL PROPERTIES OF Psidium guajava L. (A PRELIMINARY STUDY) < [2022, Issue 5, May]
Dietary management for pre type 2 diabetes < [2017, Issue VII, July]
An overview on role of ethnomedicine in boosting human immunity to combat various viral diseases < [2021, Issue 7, July]
International Journal of Pharmacology
Pharmacological Aspects of Psidium guajava: An Update < [Volume 7, Number 3 (2011)]
Toxicological Effects of Sclerocarya birrea (A. Rich) Hochst (Anacardiaceae)... < [Volume 2, Number 5 (2006)]
Phytochemical Screening and Antibacterial Properties of Organic Solvent... < [Volume 3, Number 1 (2007)]
World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
Traditional uses of guava < [2020: Volume 9, May issue 5]
Pharmacological activity of psidium guajava leaves - a review < [2018: Volume 7, April special issue 8]
Preliminary phytochemical and gcms analysis of psidium guajava l.leaves extract < [2020: Volume 9, March issue 3]
Journal of Ayurveda and Integrated Medical Sciences
Folklore practices of Peruka (Psidium guajava Linn.) in different diseases < [Vol. 5 No. 06 (2020)]
Therapeutic and cultural evaluation of Brahma Kamal (Saussurea obvallata... < [Vol. 8 No. 6 (2023)]
The Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences
Antimicrobial Effects of Psidium Guajava in Diarrhoeal Action < [v.6(2): 1–31 1999 Jul]
Journal of Medicinal Plants for Economic Development
Synergistic effects of Psidium guajava and procaine penicillin on MRSA, MSSA... < [Vol 8, No 1 (2024)]
In vitro antibacterial activity of Psidium guajava (guava) extracts against... < [Vol 9, No 1 (2025)]
Indigenous plants used by the Otuo tribe of Owan East Local Government Area,... < [Vol 1, No 1 (2017)]