Psidium
78; see text Psidium is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Myrtaceae.It is native to warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere (Mexico, Central and South America, the West Indies the Galápagos islands).[3] Many of the species bear edible fruits, and for this reason several are cultivated commercially.[4] The most popularly cultivated species is the common guava, Psidium guajava.[5][6] Fossils are known from the Paleogene of Patagonia.
Psidium (horse)PreꞒPsidium guajavaScientific classificationPlantaeTracheophytesAngiospermsEudicotsRosidsMyrtalesMyrtaceaeMyrtoideaeMyrteaeSynonymsshrubsfamilyMexicoCentralSouth AmericaWest IndiesGalápagosWest BengalPaleogenePsidium acidumPsidium acutangulumPsidium amplexicauleSão PauloParanáPsidium cattleyanumMaranhãoPsidium friedrichsthalianumPsidium grandifoliumFloridaLouisianaArizonaPsidium guineensePsidium harrisianumPsidium huanucoenseHuánucoMinas GeraisPsidium longipetiolatumMisionesPsidium myrtoidesEspírito SantoPsidium oligospermumPsidium sartorianumPsidium sintenisiiSanta CatarinaPsidium pedicellatumPsidium raimondiiMato GrossoGoiásPsidium rostratumPsidium rufumPsidium striatulum Plants of the World OnlineBibcodeWikidataWikispeciesiNaturalistOpen Tree of LifeTropicos