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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Psidium guajava

Common Name
Goyave; Guava; Jambu portugal (Portuguese Eug; Goyavier; Jambu padang (Openfield Eugeni; Guayaba; Goavier; Jambu biji (Seedy Eugenia); Jambu burong (Bird Eugenia); Bayawas; Djambu; Petokal; Dipajaya; Tokal; Gouyave; Perala; Djamboe; Jambu pelawas

Activities

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Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Dermatosis Malaya *
Diarrhea Elsewhere *
Diarrhea Philippines *
Diarrhea Ghana Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Diarrhea Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Diarrhea Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Diarrhea Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Diarrhea Haiti Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Diarrhea Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Diarrhea Malaya *
Diarrhea Elsewhere *
Diarrhea Bahamas *
Diarrhea Hawaii *
Dropsy Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Dysentery Panama Gupta, M.P., et al. 1979. Ethnopharmacognostic observations on Panamanian medicinal plants. Part I. Quarterly journal of crude drug research 17(3-4):115-130.
Dysentery Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Dysentery Elsewhere *
Dysentery Ghana Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Dysentery Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Dysentery Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.