Cultivated
An evergreen shrub or small tree ; up to 12 m tall , with pale brown or copper-coloured , thin , smooth bark . Stems and branchlets quadrangular . Leaves elliptic to oblong-elliptic , rounded or acute at the apex , rounded at the base , densely pubescent beneath . Inflorescences axillary , solitary or in small clusters . Flowers white ; calyx completely enclosing the young bud ; lobes 9 mm long , 5 mm wide , reflexed in open flower , whitish tomentellous inside ; petals white , oblong-elliptic , 1 . 3 cm long , 8 mm wide ; stamens ± 250 , ± 1 cm long ; style ± 1 cm long , slightly capitate at the apex . Fruit berry , up to 10 cm long , light yellow with a pink or crimson blush , globose , ovoid or pyriform , with granular flesh , juicy central white or red pulp and numerous very hard seeds . Seeds yellowish in colour and kidney-shaped . (Ref . POWO ; 2023) .
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Least Concern (LC) - Global Assessment
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Guajava pyrifera Kuntze
Myrtus guajava (L.) Kuntze
Myrtus guajava var. pyrifera (Kuntze) Kuntze
Psidium pyriferum L.
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Guava
Common Guava
Yellow Guava
Lemon Guava
Apple Guava
Fruit is edible. The vernacular name 'zitun' is the same name used for olive in Arabic. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).
*https://en.wikipedia.org *https://herbaria.plants.ox.ac.uk *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
