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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

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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
Piles Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Respiratory Elsewhere *
Rheumatism Elsewhere *
Scabies Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Scabies Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Skin Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Sore Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Sore 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.
Sore Elsewhere *
Sore India(Santal) *
Sore Philippines *
Sore(Throat) 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.
Spasm Elsewhere *
Sprain Hawaii *
Stomach German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Swelling Java *
Swelling Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Tonic Elsewhere *
Ulcer Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Vermifuge Johore *