Psidium

Genus

1. PhylumTracheophyta
2. ClassMagnoliopsida
3. OrderMyrtales
4. FamilyMyrtaceae

Native toArgentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba

General: in the fleshy mesocarp should distinguish Psidium from other Myrtaceae

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Specimen records

3,826

With media

998

Family

Myrtaceae

Collections

FMNH, CICY, IIB-UV, UNICACH, YPM, INECOL

Recorded in

United States, Mexico, Brazil

• Psidium guajava: An Insight into Ethnomedicinal Uses, Phytochemistry, and Pharmacology.Combinatorial chemistry & high throughput screening · 2024Chechani B, Roat P, Hada S et al.DOI: 10.2174/1386207326666230426093315
• Psidium guajava L. An Incalculable but Underexplored Food Crop: Its Phytochemistry, Ethnopharmacology, and Industrial Applications.ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Tousif MI, Nazir M, Saleem M et al.DOI: 10.3390/molecules27207016
• Psidium L. genus: A review on its chemical characterization, preclinical and clinical studies.ReviewPhytotherapy research : PTR · 2021Beltrame BM, Klein-Junior LC, Schwanz M et al.DOI: 10.1002/ptr.7112
• Guava (Psidium guajava L.): a glorious plant with cancer preventive and therapeutic potential.ReviewCritical reviews in food science and nutrition · 2023Jamieson S, Wallace CE, Das N et al.DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2021.1945531
• Guava (Psidium guajava L.) seed: A low-volume, high-value byproduct for human health and the food industry.ReviewFood chemistry · 2022Kumar M, Kapoor S, Dhumal S et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.132694
• Psidium cattleianum fruits: A review on its composition and bioactivity.ReviewFood chemistry · 2018Dos Santos Pereira E, Vinholes J, C Franzon R et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.03.024
• Antidiarrheal effect of Psidium guajava L. extract in acute diarrhea: a systematic review.Journal of the science of food and agriculture · 2024Garrido G, Garrido-Suárez BB, Martínez-Tapia N et al.DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.13515
• Synthesis of Psidium meroterpenoids with anti-hepatocellular carcinoma activities.ReviewBioorganic & medicinal chemistry · 2026Wang Z, Hui CDOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2025.118481

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

taxon

Parent taxon

Myrteae

Image

Starr 020803-0117 Psidium guajava.jpg

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