Psidium guajava

• Botanical Name : Psidium guajava L.
• Common Name : Jamphal, Guava, Peru
• Plant Family : Myrtaceae
• Plant Form : Tree
• Occurrence (Sectors) : 4, 22
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Gujarat Forestry Research Foundation, Indroda Park, Ayurvedic Udyan, Van Chetana Kendra

About Psidium guajava Plant :

• Habit : A Small tree with bark white, thin peeling off young branches 4-angled.
• Leaves : Opposite, elliptic, acute.
• Inflorescence : Axillary solitary or 2-3.
• Flowers :
  • Calyx tube ellipsoid, green, limb undivided when young, latter on 5-fid.
  • Petals 5, white, Stamens many, free, inserted on the calyx-limb.
  • Ovary inferior, multicellular, ovules many, stigma capitate.
• Fruit : A fleshy berry, many seeded.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : April - May
• Significance : Cultivated for its edible fruits from which jam, jellies etc. are prepared.