Tree Details

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Botanical Name	Psidium guajava L.
Family Name	Myrtaceae
Common Name	Jamphal, Guava, Peru
Tamil Name	கொய்யா
Life Form	Tree
Distribution	Tropical Africa, Asia and Australia
Botanical Distribution	Habit: A Small tree with bark white, thin peeling off young branches 4-angled. Leaves: Opposite, elliptic, acute. Inflorescence: Axillary solitary or 2-3. Flowers: Calyx tube ellipsoid, green, limb undivided when young, latter on 5-fid.Petals 5, white, Stamens many, free, inserted on the calyx-limb.Ovary inferior, multicellular, Ovules: ovules many, stigma capitate. Fruit: A fleshy berry, many seeded.
Flowering and Fruiting	Throughout the year
Key Compounds	lectins, phenols, saponins, tannins, triterpenes, and vitamin C
Medicinal Use	Diarrhea, diabetes, dysmenorrhea, hyperlipidemia, and hypertension.
At the Campus	Botanical garden