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Ethnobotanical Plant 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

Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Ache(Stomach) Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Ache(Stomach) Johore Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Stomach) Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Ache(Stomach) Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Ache(Stomach) Tonga Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Tooth) Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Tooth) Ghana Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Antidote Samoa Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Astringent Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Astringent Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Astringent Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Astringent Philippines Duke, 1992 *
Astringent English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Astringent Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Astringent Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Astringent Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Astringent Tahiti Duke, 1992 *
Astringent Ghana Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Bactericide Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *