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Scientific Name : Psidium guajava L.

Category : Angiosperms
Status : Alive

Habit : A Small tree with bark white, thin peeling off young branches 4-angled. Leaves : Opposite, elliptic, acute. Inflorescence : Axillary solitary or 2-3. Flowers : Calyx tube ellipsoid, green, limb undivided when young, latter on 5-fid. Petals 5, white, Stamens many, free, inserted on the calyx-limb. Ovary inferior, multicellular, ovules many, stigma capitate. Fruit : A fleshy berry, many seeded. Flowering and Fruiting Time : April - May Significance : Cultivated for its edible fruits from which jam, jellies etc. are prepared.

Specimen Information

  • Common Name(s):

    पेरु, Guava

  • Synonym(s):

    Guajava pyrifera Kuntze Myrtus guajava (L.) Kuntze Psidium pyriferum L.

  • Family:

    Myrtaceae

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    Botany Department (DVP College, Nimgaon Sawa)

  • Created On:

    28-08-2022

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