Description
Guava (scientific name: Psidium guajava Linn.) Myrtle family tree, up to 13 meters; smooth, gray bark, flaky peeling; tender branches with ribs and hair. The leaves are leathery, oblong to elliptical, sharply pointed or blunt at the apex, nearly round at the base, slightly rough on the top, and hairy on the bottom, the lateral veins are often sunken, and the network veins are obvious; the petiole is 5 mm long. Flowers solitary or 2-3 flowers arranged in cymes; calyx tube bell-shaped, hairy, calyx cap irregularly split; petals white; stamens 6-9 mm long; ovary inferior, connate with calyx, style and stamens Same length. The berry is spherical, ovoid or pear-shaped, with persistent sepals at the top, white and yellow flesh, hypertrophy of the placenta, fleshy, light red; many seeds.
Native to South America. Cultivated in various parts of South China, it is common to be wild species. It reaches the Anning River Valley in southwestern Sichuan in the north. It is born in wasteland or low hills; the fruit is for food; the leaves contain volatile oil and tannins for medicinal purposes, including diarrhea and hemostasis , Stomach and other effects; the leaves are boiled to remove tannins and dried for tea. It is sweet and has a heat-clearing effect.
