Psidium GUAJAVA L.
| Synonym : | Guajava pumila (Vahl) Kuntze Myrtus guajava (L.) Kuntze Psidium angustifolium Lam. Syzygium ellipticum K.Schum. & Lauterb. |
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| Bangla Name : | Piyara, Sabri (Mymensingh), Guachi (Chittagong), Gayam (B. Baria). |
| English Name : | Guava. |
| Family : | Myrtaceae |
| Disease : | Stringent , diarrhea, dysentery, bronchitis , eye sores, tonic, cooling , laxative, , colic , astringent , wounds, ulcers, , toothache and cholera. |
| Description : | A small evergreen tree with smooth, pinkish-brown bark. Leaves opposite 6-15 cm long, oblong or elliptic-oblong, entire, pubscent beneath. Flowers 2.5-5 cm across, white on 1-3 flowered axillary peduncles. Fruit a globose or pyriform berry, 5-10 cm or more long |
| Distribution : | Planted throughout the country. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Barks of stem and root, leaves and green fruits contain large percentage of tannic and ellagic acids. Leaves contain tannin, resin, fat, ?-sitosterol, maslinic (cratagolic) and guijavalic acids and essential oil containing eugenol. Leaves also contain que |
| Uses : | Decoction of the root bark is astringent and employed in diarrhoea, root paste mixed with water is also used to treat diarrhoea and dysentery. Flowers are used in bronchitis and eye sores. Fruits are tonic, cooling and laxative, good for colic and bleedi |
| Habit : | Tree |