Psidium guajava

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Psidium guajava

Psidium guajava is a small tropical American shrubby tree; widely cultivated in warm regions for its sweet globular yellow fruit called guava.

Psidium guajava
Psidium guajava

Other names

Other names include the common guava, yellow guava, or lemon guava

Psidium guajava, colored fruit variant
Psidium guajava, colored fruit variant
Classification
Kingdom Plantae - Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Subclass Rosidae
Order Myrtales
Family Myrtaceae - Myrtle family
Genus Psidium L. - guava
Species Psidium guajava L. - guava
Psidium guajava leafbud
Psidium guajava leafbud

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