Psidium guajava L.

Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Myrtales > Myrtaceae > Psidium > P. guajava

Description: Small trees. Stem smooth with pealing bark. Young stem 4-angled. Leaves l6-11 x 2.5-5 cm, elliptic-oblong, base rounded to obtuse-cuneate, apex acute-apiculate, hirsute on both sides when young, glabrous on ageing except the nerves, thin-coriaceous, lateral nerves prominent; petioles 0.6-1 cm long. Cymes axillary, 1-3-flowered; peduncles 0.5-1.2 cm long; pedicel short or 0. Calyx tube 4-9 mm long, ovoid, densely hirsute; lobes 4, unitedland closed in bud. Petals 4, white, 1-1.5 cm long, broadly ovate, caducous. Stamens many. Ovary globose, many-celled; ovules numerous; style subulate. Berry 2.5-3.5 cm diam., globose crowned by persistent calyx lobes. Seeds many, embedded in fleshy pulp.

Flowering and Fruiting : March-May

Uses : It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders and blood system disorders and for food.

Cultivation: Cultivated

References

http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org

https://indiabiodiversity.org