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Myrtaceae

Guinea guava

Psidium guineense Sw.

Family
Myrtaceae
Genus
Psidium

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Guinea guava: Psidium guineense , Entre Rios, Bahia, Brazil
Photo: Alex Popovkin, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (6)
Chinese
巴西芭樂, 几内亚番石榴
Czech
Kvajáva brazilská
English
Guinea guava
Korean
기니아구아바
Persian
گواوا برزیلی
Portuguese
Araçá-do-campo

Synonyms

  • Campomanesia multiflora Blume
  • Campomanesia multiflora (Cambess.) O.Berg
  • Campomanesia tomentosa Kunth
  • Eugenia hauthalii (Kuntze) K.Schum.
  • Eugenia hauthalii (Kuntze) K.Sch.
  • Guajava albida (Cambess.) Kuntze
  • Guajava benthamiana (O.Berg) Kuntze
  • Guajava costa-ricensis (O.Berg) Kuntze
  • Guajava costaricensis (O.Berg) Kuntze
  • Guajava guineensis (Sw.) Kuntze
  • Guajava hians (Mart. ex DC.) Kuntze
  • Guajava laurifolia (O.Berg) Kuntze
  • Guajava mollis (Bertol.) Kuntze
  • Guajava multiflora (Cambess.) Kuntze
  • Guajava ooidea (O.Berg) Kuntze
  • Guajava polycarpa (Lamb.) Kuntze
  • Guajava schiedeana (O.Berg) Kuntze
  • Guajava ypanemense (O.Berg) Kuntze
  • Guajava ypanemensis (O.Berg) Kuntze
  • Mosiera guineensis (Sw.) Bisse
  • Myrtus guineensis (Sw.) Kuntze
  • Myrtus hauthalii Kuntze
  • Psidium albidum Cambess.
  • Psidium araca Raddi
  • Psidium atiraense Barb.Rodr.
  • Psidium benthamianum O.Berg
  • Psidium cordillerense Barb.Rodr.
  • Psidium costa-ricense O.Berg
  • Psidium dichotomum Weinm.
  • Psidium glandulosum Barb.Rodr.
  • Psidium hasslerianum Barb.Rodr.
  • Psidium hians Mart. ex DC.
  • Psidium hians var. cuneatum O.Berg
  • Psidium hians var. truncatum O.Berg
  • Psidium jollyanum A.Chev.
  • Psidium laurifolium O.Berg
  • Psidium laurifolium Barb.Rodr.
  • Psidium lehmannii Diels
  • Psidium macrophyllum Barb.Rodr.
  • Psidium minus Mart. ex DC.

and 20 more.

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.