Psidium guajava | SMPB Kerala

Family: Myrtaceae
Vernacular names: Pera, പേര (Malayalam), Guava (English), Amritaphala (Sanskrit), Amrut (Hindi), Koyya (Tamil)
Distribution: Originally from Tropical America; now naturalized in the tropics
Description: Small trees. Leaves opposite, elliptic-oblong, base rounded to obtuse-cuneate. Cyme axillary, 1-3-flowered. Flower white. Fruit a berry, globose; seeds many, embedded in fleshy pulp.
Habit: Tree
Habitat: Cultivated
Flowering & Fruiting: March-May

Parts used: Bark, leaves and fruits
Properties & Uses: Cooling, aphrodisiac, antipyretic and antirheumatic. Leaves are used in wounds and ulcer. Flowers are used in bronchitis and sore eyes. Decoction of bark and leaves are used for the treatment of diarrhea, dysentery, vomiting, epilepsy, indigestion, fever, burning sensation and urinary disorders. Leaves chewed are help to relieve toothache. Pounded leaves are locally applied in rheumatism. Fruits are used in diarrhea and dysentery.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Unani,
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