Plant Details

Accepted name:: Psidium acutangulum DC. [Myrtaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
guayabilla	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
wayaawa	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit, bud, root		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Guajava acutangula (DC.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 239 (1891).
Psidium acidum Mart. ex O.Berg Linnaea 27: 436 (1856), not validly publ.
Psidium acutangulum var. crassirame O.Berg in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(1): 409 (1857).
Psidium acutangulum var. oblongatum Mattos Loefgrenia 94: 12 (1989).
Psidium acutangulum var. tenuirame O.Berg in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(1): 409 (1857).
Psidium persoonii McVaugh Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 18(2): 255 (1969).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Psidium acutangulum Mart. ex DC.	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)

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