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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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

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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
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 *
Ache(Stomach) Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Ache(Stomach) Johore *
Ache(Stomach) Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Ache(Tooth) Ghana Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Ache(Tooth) Elsewhere *
Antidote Samoa *
Antiseptic Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Astringent English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Astringent Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Astringent Elsewhere *
Astringent Philippines *
Astringent Elsewhere *
Astringent Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Astringent Tahiti *
Astringent Ghana Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Astringent Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Astringent Elsewhere *
Bactericide Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.