Psidium guajava
common guava; yellow guava; lemon guava; apple guava
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | ||
| Deutsch | Echte Guave; Guava, Guayave, Guayaba; Goiaba | |
| English | common guava; yellow guava; lemon guava; apple guava | |
| Français | Goyavier | |
| Italiano | Echte Guave; Guava, Guayave, Guayaba; Goiaba | |
| Suomi | Echte Guave; Guava, Guayave, Guayaba; Goiaba | |
| Norsk | Echte Guave; Guava, Guayave, Guayaba; Goiaba | |
| Čeština | Echte Guave; Guava, Guayave, Guayaba; Goiaba | |
| Español | Guajaba | |
| Svenska | Echte Guave; Guava, Guayave, Guayaba; Goiaba | |
| Polski | Echte Guave; Guava, Guayave, Guayaba; Goiaba | |
| Український | Echte Guave; Guava, Guayave, Guayaba; Goiaba | |
| Român | Echte Guave; Guava, Guayave, Guayaba; Goiaba | |
| Русский | Echte Guave; Guava, Guayave, Guayaba; Goiaba | |
| Български | Echte Guave; Guava, Guayave, Guayaba; Goiaba | |
| EESTI | Echte Guave; Guava, Guayave, Guayaba; Goiaba | |
| 日本語 | Echte Guave; Guava, Guayave, Guayaba; Goiaba | |
| Other names | Guajava; Guava; Guave; Guayaba |
Origin
| States and Territories | St. Kitts; Mexico (Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas); Jamaica; S-Cook Isl. [I] (Mangaia [I]); Surinam [I]; Andaman Isl. [I]; Nicaragua; Java [I]; St. Eustatius; Montserrat; Cayman Isl.; N-Line Isl. [I] (Teraina [I], Tabueran [I]); Saba; Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Amambay, Caaguazu, Caazapa, Canindeyu, Central, Cordillera, Guaira, Paraguari, Pres. Hayes); tropical Africa [I]; Nepal [I]; Honduras; Namibia [I]; Thailand [I]; [Western] Samoa [I] (Savaii [I]); Marquesas Isl. [I] (Nuku Hiva [I], Ua Huka [I], Ua Pou [I], Hiva Oa [I], Tahuata [I], Fatu Hiva [I]); Guinea [I]; Somalia [I]; Tuamotu Arch. [I] (Makatea Isl. [I], Takapoto Atoll [I]); Rotuma Isl. [I]; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo] [I]; Rodrigues [I]; India [I]; Galapagos; Northern Marianas [I] (Pagan [I], Sarigan [I], Anatahan [I], Saipan [I], Tinian [I], Rota [I]); Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz, Tarija); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul); St. Martin/St. Maarten; Society Isl. [I] (Tahiti [I], Moorea [I], Raiatea [I], Maupiti [I]); Malawi [I]; New Caledonia [I]; Niue [I]; Anguilla; Hispaniola; St. Vincent; Mauritius [I]; Guyana [I]; China [I]; São Tomé [I]; Hawaii [I] (Kauai [I], Oahu [I], Molokai [I], Lanai [I], Maui [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives] [I]; Cambodia [I]; Vietnam [I]; Cook Isl. [I] (Rarotonga [I]); Maldives [I]; Zambia [I]; Nicobar Isl. [I]; Antigua; Barbados; Vanuatu [I]; Turks & Caicos Isl.; Cuba; La Réunion [I]; Mozambique [I]; Ecuador; Costa Rica; French Guiana [I]; Grenadines; Chad [I]; Singapore [I]; Marshall Isl. [I] (Kwajalein [I]); Cape Verde Isl. [I] (Santo Antao Isl. [I], Ilha de Sao Nicolau [I], Ilha de Sao Tiago [I], Fogo Isl. [I], Ilha Brava [I]); Marie-Galante; Ryukyu Isl. [I]; Peru [I]; Fiji [I]; Grenada; Banaba [Ocean] Isl. [I]; Lord Howe Isl. [I]; Bhutan [I]; NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Piauí, Ceara, Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas, Sergipe); Martinique; USA [I] (Florida [I], Louisiana [I]); Madeira [I] (Madeira Isl. [I]); Laos [I]; Taiwan [I]; South Africa [I]; Pakistan [I]; Myanmar [I]; Zimbabwe [I]; El Salvador; Tobago; Panama; Benin [I]; Bahamas; Belize; Sri Lanka [I]; American Samoa [I] (Manua Isl. [I]); S-Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Australia [I] (Queensland [I], New South Wales [I]); Philippines [I]; Norfolk Isl. [I]; Bonin Isl. [I] (Keetaajima [I], Chichijima [I], Hahajima [I]); Trinidad; St. Barthélémy; Bangladesh [I]; Argentina (Chaco, Corrientes, Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Tucuman); Tonga [I] (Tongatapu [I], 'Eua [I]); Guatemala; New Zealand [I]; Puerto Rico; Isla Margarita; Annobon Isl. [I]; Virgin Isl. (Guana, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda); Principe Isl. [I]; SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Boyacá, Caldas, Caquetá, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Putumayo, Santander, Tolima, Valle); Palau [I] (Babeldaob [I], Koror [I], Angaur [I], Yap [I], Ulithi [I], Todiu [I], Fefan [I], Pohnpei [I], Kosrae [I]); Austral Isl. [I] (Tubuai [I]); Madagascar [I]; Cameroon [I]; N-Brazil (Amazonas, Acre); Dominica; Guam [I]; Guadeloupe; Burkina Faso [I]; Saint Lucia; Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure, Aragua, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Sucre); Christmas Isl. [Austr.] [I] | |||
| [I] = Introduced | ||||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Myrtales | |||
| Family | Myrtaceae | |||
| Genus | Psidium | |||
| Species | guajava | |||
| Author citation | L. | |||
| Scientific name | Psidium guajava L. | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
Natural durability
(according to EN 350)
| Mushrooms field | DC | |||
Appearances
Wood
Hough
Psidium guajava , ©Dennis Wilson
Bark
, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson
Seed
, Seeds , ©Dennis Wilson
Branch
, Branch , ©Dennis Wilson