Psidium guajava L.

Psidium guajava L.

Jambu Batu

Picture 2. Psidium guajava

(HIdayat & Abdurrahman, 2017)

Classification

Kingdom         : Plantae

Divisi               : Magnoliophyta

Class                : Magnoliopsida

Order               : Myrtales

Family             : Myrtaceae

Genus              : Psidium

Species            : Psidium guajava L.

Other Scientific Names

·         Guaiava pyriformis Gaertn.

·         Guajava pumila (Vahl) Kuntze

·         Guajava pyrifera (L.) Kuntze

·         Myrtus guajava (L.) Kuntze

·         Myrtus guajava var. pyrifera (L.) Kuntze

·         Psidium angustifolium Lam.

·         Psidium aromaticum Blanco

·         Psidium cujavillus Burm. f.

·         Psidium cujavus L.

·         Psidium fragrans Macfad.

·         Psidium guajava var. cujavillum (Burm.f.) Krug & Urb.

·         Psidium guajava var. minor Mattos

·         Psidium igatemyense Barb. Rodr.

·         Psidium intermedium Zipp. ex Blume

·         Psidium pomiferum L.

·         Psidium pomiferum var. sapidissimum (Jacq.) DC.

·         Psidium prostratum O. Berg

·         Psidium pumilum Vahl

·         Psidium pumilum var. guadalupense DC.

·         Psidium pyriferum L.

·         Psidium pyriferum var. glabrum Benth.

·         Psidium sapidissimum Jacq.

·         Psidium vulgare Rich.

·         Syzygium ellipticum K. Schum. & Lauterb.

Desciption

Shallow-rooted shrub or small tree, up to 10 m tall, branching from the base and often producing suckers. Bark smooth, green to red-brown, peeling off in thin flakes. Young twigs four-angled and ridged, pubescent. Leaves opposite, with translucid punstations; petiole 3-10 mm long; blade elliptic to oblong, 5-15 x 3-7 cm, glabrous above, finely pubescent beneath, veins prominent below. Flowers solitary or in two- to three-flowered axillary cymes, about 3 cm in diameter; four to six calyx lobes, 1-1.5 cm long, irregular; petals four to five, white, 1-2 cm long; stamens numerous, 1-2 cm long; ovary 4-5-locular; style 1.5-2 cm long, stigma capitate. Fruit a berry, globose, ovoid or pyriform, 4-12 cm long, surmounted by the persistent calyx lobes; exocarp green to yellow; mesocarp fleshy, white, yellow, pink or red, sour to sweet and aromatic. Seeds numerous, yellowish, bony, reniform, 3-5 mm long, embedded in a pink or white pulp (Cabi, 2019).

Spot Character

Many stamens, ball shaped fruit and hard

Distribution

Tropical America

Benefit           

Edible fruit

Location

UPI Sporthall