Plant Details

Accepted name:: Psidium guineense Sw. [Myrtaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
arasá del campo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
arasá ñu	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
arazay	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
araçá	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
araçá do campo	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
brazilian guava	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
embul pera	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
guayabilla	Other	Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
guinea guava	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaf		Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
leaf		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
leaf		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
Leaf		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 56 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Psidium araca Raddi Opusc. Sci. 4: 252 (1823).
Psidium hasslerianum Barb.Rodr. Myrt. Paraguay: 9 (1903).
Campomanesia multiflora (Cambess.) O.Berg Linnaea 27: 429 (1856).
Campomanesia tomentosa Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 6: 151 (1823).
Eugenia hauthalii (Kuntze) K.Schum. Just's Bot. Jahresber. 26(1): 359 (1898).
Guajava albida (Cambess.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 239 (1891).
Guajava benthamiana (O.Berg) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 240 (1891).
Guajava costaricensis (O.Berg) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 240 (1891).
Guajava guineensis (Sw.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 239 (1891).
Guajava hians (Mart. ex DC.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 239 (1891).
Guajava laurifolia (O.Berg) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 240 (1891).
Guajava mollis (Bertol.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 240 (1891).
Guajava multiflora (Cambess.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 239 (1891).
Guajava ooidea (O.Berg) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 239 (1891).
Guajava polycarpos (Lamb.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 239 (1891).
Guajava schiedeana (O.Berg) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 240 (1891).
Guajava ypanemensis (O.Berg) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 239 (1891).
Mosiera guineensis (Sw.) Bisse Revista Jard. Bot. Nac. Univ. Habana 6(3): 4 (1985 publ. 1986).
Myrtus guineensis (Sw.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 91 (1898).
Myrtus hauthalii Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 91 (1898).
Psidium albidum Cambess. in A.F.C.de Saint-Hilaire, Fl. Bras. Merid. 2: 283 (1832).
Psidium atiraense Barb.Rodr. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 7: 799 (1907), describing the collection, not the taxon.
Psidium benthamianum O.Berg Linnaea 27: 362 (1856).
Psidium cordillerense Barb.Rodr. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 7: 799 (1907), describing the collection, not the taxon.
Psidium costaricense O.Berg Linnaea 27: 368 (1856).
Psidium dichotomum Weinm. Syll. Pl. Nov. 2: 166 (1828).
Psidium glandulosum Barb.Rodr. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 7: 799 (1907), describing the collection, not the taxon.
Psidium hians Mart. ex DC. Prodr. 3: 234 (1828).
Psidium hians var. cuneatum O.Berg in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(1): 394 (1857).
Psidium hians var. truncatum O.Berg in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(1): 394 (1857).
Psidium jollyanum A.Chev. Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 266 (1920).
Psidium laurifolium Barb.Rodr. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 7: 797 (1907), describing the collection, not the taxon.
Psidium laurifolium O.Berg Linnaea 27: 364 (1856).
Psidium lehmannii Diels Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 594 (1906).
Psidium macrophyllum Barb.Rodr. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 7: 797 (1907), describing the collection, not the taxon.
Psidium minus Mart. ex DC. Prodr. 3: 235 (1828), not validly publ.
Psidium molle Bertol. Nuovi Ann. Sci. Nat. 3: 136 (1840).
Psidium molle var. gracile O.Berg Linnaea 27: 370 (1856).
Psidium molle var. robustum O.Berg Linnaea 27: 370 (1856).
Psidium monticola O.Berg Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1855: 11 (1855).
Psidium monticola var. gracile O.Berg Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1855: 11 (1856).
Psidium monticola var. robustum O.Berg Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1855: 11 (1856).
Psidium multiflorum Cambess. in A.F.C. de Saint-Hilaire, Fl. Bras. 2: 281 (1832).
Psidium ooideum O.Berg in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(1): 398 (1857).
Psidium ooideum var. grandifolium O.Berg in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(1): 602 (1859).
Psidium ooideum var. intermedium O.Berg in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(1): 602 (1859).
Psidium ooideum var. longipedunculatum Rusby Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 3(3): 27 (1893).
Psidium ooideum var. parvifolium O.Berg in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(1): 602 (1859).
Psidium polycarpon Lamb. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 11: 231 (1813).
Psidium rotundifolium Standl. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 8: 318 (1931).
Psidium rufinervum Barb.Rodr. Myrt. Paraguay: 15 (1903).
Psidium schiedeanum O.Berg Linnaea 27: 368 (1856).
Psidium schippii Standl. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 8: 319 (1931).
Psidium sericiflorum Benth. Pl. Hartw.: 176 (1845).
Psidium tomasense Barb.Rodr. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 7: 797 (1907), describing the collection, not the taxon.
Psidium ypanemense O.Berg in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(1): 395 (1857).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Psidium araca	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Psidium guineense	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Psidium guineense Sw.	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Psidium guineense Swartz	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Psidium × hasslerianum Barb.Rodr.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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