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Psidium guajava var. guajava
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Bark: Bark is boiled and the water drunk as an anti-diarrheal, by the Guyana Patamona. Stem and Leaf: Young stems, bark and/or leaves mixed for an antidiarrhoeic decoction. Stem: Bark is boiled with the bark of Punica granatum and Mangifera indica and drunk to treat diarrhoea. Bark mixed with cashew bark for dysentery remedy. Bark infusion for ringworm. In NW Guyana, bark used as treatment for diarrhea. Leaf: Used with leaves of Monstera obliqua to soothe ulcers of leishmaniasis; mixed with Solanum leucocarpon leaves for an antidiarrhoeic; astringent. Decoction for stomach pain. Juice of young leaves used to treat skin spots. Young leaves are boiled and the water drunk as an anti-dysenteric, by the Guyana Patamona. Leaf: Used to trest diarrhea in NW Guyana. Fruit: Green fruit is eaten to relieve diarrhea. Juice of the young fruits is drunk also as an anti-dysenteric or for “bad-belly”, by the Guyana Patamona.
Guava (Psidium guajava) is native to tropical America, probably from southern Mexico south to South America, but its range has been dramatically increased via cultivation. It is now cultivated (and escaped and naturalized and often considered an invasive pest) in southern Florida (including the Florida Keys), Bermuda, and throughout the West Indies from the Bahamas and Cuba to Trinidad, and south to Brazil. It is also cultivated and naturalized in much of the Old World tropics and subtropics. (Little and Wadsworth 1964) It was first recorded from the Pacific Islands (Hawaii) by the early 1800s (Whistler 1995).
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Bosques húmedos y secos. Habita generalmente en sitios abiertos.
Uses: FOOD, Fruit
Production Methods: Cultivated
Comments: Cultivated for its Fruit throughout neotropics and many other tropical regions.
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Distribucion en Costa Rica: Se encuentra en ambas vertientes y el Valle Central. Elevación entre 0-1400 o más m.
Distribucion General: Cultivado en todas las zonas tropicales.
In the Pacific Islands, Guava (Psidium guajava) is common in dry to wet disturbed areas such as pastures, waste places, and scrub forest up to 1200 meters elevation (Whistler 1995). In Puerto Rico, it forms thickets and spreads in pastures, especially on the coastal plains but also in the lower mountain regions (Little and Wadsworth 1964). In southern Florida, it now grows wild along roadsides, in old fields, and in hardwood hammocks (Elias 1980), among other habitats.
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Medicinalmente se ha empleado como antídoto, astringente, bactericida, refrescante, dentrífico, depurativo, laxante, tónico, vermifugo, cicatrizante, antiséptico, hemostático, emenagogo, y en casos de dolores estomacales, bronquitis, caquexia, catarros, carbunco, cólera, convulsiones, tos, sordera, diarrea, disentería, dispepsia, epilepsia, obesidad, fiebre, gingivitis, ictericia, náuseas, nefritis, reumatismo, escabiosis, llagas, espasmos, torceduras, inflamaciones, dolores dentales, úlceras, hemorroides, hidropesia, leucorrea, histeria y dermatosis.
Localidad del tipo: Lectotipo: Herb. Clifford: 184, Psidium No. 1
Depositario del tipo: BM
Recolector del tipo: Designado por McVaugh, Fl. Lesser Antilles 5: 523 (1989).