MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE

Sorting Psidium names


Species on this page (
A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :

 


Psidium acutangulum DC.

SYNONYM(S) :  Britoa acida O. Berg, Psidium acutangulum DC. var. acidum C. Mart. ex DC.

ENGLISH : Para guava  

GERMAN : Para-Guave  

PORTUGUESE :  Araçá comum do Pará, Araçá do Pará (Brazil), Araçá pomba  (Brazil).  

SPANISH : Ampiyacu  (Peru), Guabira  (Bolivia), Guayaba de agua, Puca yacu  (Peru).


Psidium arayan (Kunth) Burret    

SYNONYM(S) : Myrtus arayan Kunth

SPANISH : Arrayán  (Ecuador, Peru, Mexico).  


Psidium cattleianum Sabine -> Psidium littorale Raddi


Psidium cattleianum Sabine subsp. lucidum Degener

ENGLISH : Lemon guava.

JAPANESE : Kimi no banjirou.


Psidium friedrichsthalianum (O. Berg) Nied.

SYNONYM(S) : Calyptropsidium friedrichsthalianum O. Berg

ENGLISH : Costa Rican guava, Wild guava.  

GERMAN : Cas, Kostarika-Guave.

SPANISH : Arrayan (El Salvador), Cas acido  (Costa Rica), Guayaba acida  (Guatemala), Guayaba agria  (Colombia, Honduras), Guayaba de agua  (Panama), Guayaba de danto  (Honduras), Guayaba de Costa Rica, Guayaba del choco  (Ecuador), Guayaba montes  (Mexico)  


Psidium guajava L.

SYNONYM(S) : Guaiava pyriformis Gaertn. , Guajava pyrifera (L) Kuntze, Psidium fragrans Macfadyen Psidium pyriferum L., Psidium pomiferum L., Psidium sapidissimum Jacq., Psidium aromaticum Blanco   

ARABIC :   جوافة  Gawafa (Jawafa, Jwafa), Guwâfah safrâ'.

BENGALI :  পেয়ারা  Pearah, Peyaaraa.  

BURMESE : Malakapen.

CATALAN :  Guaiaber.

CHINESE : Fan shi liu, Fan tao.

DANISH :  Guava.

DUTCH : Goeajaaba, Guyaba.

ENGLISH :  Apple guava, Guava, Round guava, Tropical guava.  

FINNISH :  Guava.

FRENCH :  Gouyave, Goyave, Goyavier, Goyavier commun.  

GERMAN : Echte Guave, Guajave, Guave, Guayave, Grosse Gelbe Guajave. 

GREEK :  Γκουάβα.

GUJARATI : Piyaaraa.

HAUSA : Gûway bâ .

HINDI :  अमरुद     Amaruud (Amrood).

ITALIAN : Guiava, Guiavo, Psidio, Pero dell' Indie.

JAPANESE :   バ ンジロウ  Banjirou, グアバ  Guaba.

KANNADA :    ಪೇರಲೆ Pearaley,    ಸೀಬೇಕಾಯಿ   Seebe kaayi.

KHMER : Trapaek sruk.

LAOTIAN : Sida.

MALAY : Jambu batu, Jambu biji (Indonesia), Jambu bereksa, Jambu padang (Indonesia), Jambu pelawas, Jambu biji, Jambu kampuchia, Jambu klotok.

MARATHI :  पेरू  Peru.

NEPALESE : Amaruud, Ambaa, Ambaka.

POLISH :  Gujawa.

PORTUGUESE :  Araçá, Araçá-guaçu, Araçaíba, Aaraçá-mirim, Araçá-uaçu, Goiaba, Goiabeira, Goiabeira-branca, Goiabeira-vermelha, Guaiaba. 

RUSSIAN :  Гуаява  Guaiava, Гуава  Guava, Псидиум гуава  Psidium guavaПсидиум гуаява Psidium guaiava.  

SANSKRIT : Awaiting feedback.

SINHALESE :  Pera.

SPANISH :  Arazá  (Argentina), Arrayana  (Mexico), Bimpish  (Peru), Guayaba, Guayaba del Perú  (Cuba), Guayaba dulce  (Colombia), Guayabo, Guayabero, Hurapo  (Chile), Luma  (Argentina), Matos  (Peru), Pichi  (Mexico), Sahuinto  (Bolivia).

SWEDISH :   Guava, Guavaträd.

TAGALOG : Bayabas, Biyabas, Guayabas, Kalimbahin, Tayabas.

TAMIL :   கொய்யா   Koiyaa, Koorayaa .

THAI :  ฝรั่ง  Farang,  ต้นฝรั่ง  Dton farang

TELUGU :  Jama kaya.   

URDU :  امرود

VIETNAMESE :  Cây ổi.

ZULU :  Ugwava.


Photographs of fruits, foliage, flowers at Flora Toskana , Germany.

List of cultivars & descriptions in English at New Crops, Purdue University, USA.

 


Psidium guajava L. (Pomifera Group)

SYNONYM(S) : Psidium pomiferum L., , Psidium guajava L. var. pomiferum L.

ARABIC : Guwâfah hhamrâ'

ENGLISH : Apple-shaped guava, Red guava, Round guava.

FRENCH : Goyave rouge, Goyave pomme, Goyavier à fruits rouges.

GERMAN : Apfeltragender Guajave, Rote Guajave.

ITALIAN : Guiava rosso.

PORTUGUESE : Araçá pera.


Psidium guajava L. (Pyrifera Group)

SYNONYM(S) : Guaiava pyriformis Gaertn. , Guajava pyrifera (L) Kuntze, Psidium guajava L. var. pyrifera L., Psidium pyriferum L.

ARABIC : Guwâfah baydâ'.

ENGLISH : Pear-shaped guava, White guava.

FRENCH : Goyave blanc, Goyave poire.

GERMAN : Birnförmige Guajave, Weisse Guajave.

ITALIAN : Guiava bianco.

PORTUGUESE : Araçá pera.

 


Psidium guineense Sw.  

SYNONYM(S) :  Psidium araca Raddi, Psidium molle Bertol., Psidium costa-ricense O. Berg, Psidium laurifolium O. Berg, Guajava mollis (Bertol.) Kuntze, Psidium rotundifolium Standl., Psidium schippii Standl.   

ENGLISH : Brazilian guava, Guinea guava, Wild guava.  

FRENCH :  Gouyave acide, Gouyave du Brésil.  

GERMAN :  Stachelbeerguave.  

PORTUGUESE : Araçá-azedo, Araçá do campo.  

SPANISH :   Cas extranjero (Costa Rica), Dionda  (Guatemala, Costa Rica), Guayaba agria  (Mexico, Venezuela), Guayaba brava (Peru), Guayaba de Guinea, Guayaba del Brazil, Guayaba hedionda (Guatemala), Guayaba sabanera (Venezuela), Guayabilla  (Ecuador), Guayabita de sabana (Panama), Guayabito  (Panama), Guisaro  (Guatemala, Costa Rica), Pichipul  (Guatemala, Costa Rica), Sacha guayaba (Peru).  

 


Psidium littorale Raddi      

SYNONYM(S) :  Psidium cattleianum Sabine, Psidium humile Vell., Psidium variabile O. Berg, Psidium coriaceum Mart. ex O. Berg, Psidium chinense hort.       

BENGALI : Paayaaraa (as P. cattleianum), Pahaarii (as P. cattleianum).

CHINESE : Cao mei fan shi liu.

ENGLISH :  Cattley guava, Purple guava, Strawberry guava.  

FRENCH :  Gouyave fraise, Goyavier-fraise.  

GERMAN : Erdbeerguave.

JAPANESE : Koba no banjirou (as P. humile), Teriha banjirou (as P. cattleianum).  

KANNADA : Awaiting feedback.

PORTUGUESE : Araçaleiro (Brazil), Araça-amarelo (Brazil), Araça da praia (Brazil), Araça de coroa (Brazil), Araça-rox (Brazil), Araça vermelho  (Brazil).

RUSSIAN : Psidium pribrezhnyi.

SPANISH :  Arazá, Cas dulce  (Costa Rica), Guayaba de fresa, Guayaba japonesa  (Guatemala), Guayaba pequeña, Guayaba peruana  (Venezuela).

TAMIL : Kooyayaa, Samaaii, Simaaii.

TELUGU : Awaiting feedback.

 

Photographs of fruits, foliage, flowers at Flora Toskana , Germany.


Psidium littorale Raddi var. littorale

SYNONYM(S) : Psidium littorale var. lucidum (Degener) Fosb., Psidium cattleianum Sabine var. littorale (Raddi) Fosb.

ENGLISH : Yellow Strawberry Guava.

 


Psidium littorale Raddi var. longipes (O. Berg.) Fosb.

SYNONYM(S) : Psidium coriaceum O. Berg var. longipes O. Berg

ENGLISH : Purple Guava, Strawberry Guava, Cattley Guava.

FRENCH : Goyavier-fraise.


Psidium sartorianum (O. Berg) Nied.

SYNONYM(S) :  Calyptropsidium sartorianum (O. Berg) Krug & Urb., Mitranthes sartoriana O. Berg, Mitropsidium sartorianum (O. Berg) Burret

SPANISH :   Arrayán  (Mexico), Guayabilla  (Cuba, El Salvador), Pichiché  (Mexico)

 


REFERENCES
General Bibliography
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REFERENCES
Complementary / Specific

 

EURODICAUTOM, On-line Technical Dictionary in 12 languages provided by the European Commission < http://eurodic.echo.lu/cgi-bin/edicbin/EuroDicWWW.pl?page=expert > (Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Latin with authority names)

Hanelt Peter et al. , 2001, Mansfeld's Encyclopedia of Agricultural and Hoerticultural Crops, Vol. 5. Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (Editors), First English Edition, Springer.

IPNI, 2003, International Plant Name Index. Online Database. < http://www.ipni.org/ >.

Mabberley D.J. 1997, The Plant-Book : a Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants, 2d Edition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.

USDA, ARS, 2000, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl?psidium (10 November 2003). (A number of languages, some romanised, Latin with authority names)

Wiersema J. H. & León B. 1999, World Economic Plants : a Standard Reference. CRC Press LLC.

Xie Zongwa & Yu Youqin (Editors), 1996, Materia Medica, Chinese Terminology, Vol. 1, Renminweisheng Publishing House Beijing, China. (Latin with authority names and Chinese-simplified, text in Chinese).

 

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