Guava | Description, Cultivation, & Related Species | Britannica
guava, (Psidium guajava), small tropical tree or shrub of the family Myrtaceae, cultivated for its edible fruits. Guava trees are native to tropical America and are grown in tropical and subtropical areas worldwide. Guava fruits are processed into jams, …
Guava - Wikipedia
The most frequently eaten species, and the one often simply referred to as "the guava", is the apple guava (Psidium guajava). Guavas are typical Myrtoideae, with tough dark heavy leaves that are opposite, simple, elliptic to ovate, and 5–15 centimetres (2–6 in) long. The flowers are white, with five petals and numerous stamens.
Psidium - Wikipedia
Psidium is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Myrtaceae. It is native to warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere (Mexico, Central and South America, the West Indies the Galápagos islands). [3] Many of the species bear edible fruits, and for this reason several are cultivated commercially. [4]
The Taming of Psidium guajava: Natural and Cultural History of a ...
2021年9月27日 · Guava (Psidium guajava L., Myrtaceae) is a Neotropical fruit that is widely consumed around the world. However, its evolutionary history and domestication process are unknown. Here we examine available ecological, taxonomic, genetic, archeological, and historical evidence about guava.
Genomic and epigenomic variation in Psidium species and their …
2023年1月25日 · The neotropical and monophyletic genus Psidium, family Myrtaceae, contains approximately 92 species 1, hich are taxonomically classified in four sections: Psidium (10 species), Obversifolia...
Diversity, phylogeny and evolution of the rapidly evolving genus
2022年1月16日 · Psidium is the fourthth largest genus of Myrtaceae in the Neotropics. Psidium guajava is widely cultivated in the tropics for its edible fruit. It is commercially under threat due to the disease guava decline. Psidium cattleyanum is …
Psidium guajava L. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science
Psidium guajava L. Psidium guajava. First published in Sp. Pl.: 470 (1753) The native range of this species is S. Tropical America. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as animal food, a poison, a medicine and invertebrate food, has environmental uses and for fuel and food.
Psidium cattleyanum Sabine (Myrtaceae), a neotropical polyploid …
2022年8月19日 · Psidium cattleyanum Sabine (Myrtaceae) is a neotropical fruit species with wide distribution and several ploidy levels reported in the literature, being characterized as a polyploid complex.
The phytochemistry and medicinal value of Psidium guajava (guava)
2018年12月12日 · Psidium guajava (common name-guava) is well known tropic tree which is abundantly grown for fruit. It belongs to phylum Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida and Myrtaceae family . It has about 133 genera and more than 3,800 species. Psidium guajava and it’s all parts have an old history of medicinal value . The plant is well known by a common ...
Genome-wide identification, expression profile and evolutionary ...
2023年3月9日 · Psidium cattleyanum (Myrtaceae) is a fleshy fruit tree species endemics from Atlantic Forest, known for its pleasant fragrance and sweet taste, attributed to terpenoids in its leaves...