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Kerm<strong>at</strong>h, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in <strong>the</strong> Americs<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Eastern Brazilian lowlands, widely cultiv<strong>at</strong>ed and<br />

n<strong>at</strong>uralized in warm regions<br />

REFERENCES: Bourke et al. 1987, Facciolla 1990, FLEPPC 2003, Mabberley<br />

1987, Martin et al. 1987, Morton 1987a, Mowry et al. 1967, Popenoe<br />

1974, Smith et al. 1992, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Psidium cinereum var. incanescens (Mart. ex DC.) Legrand [syn. P.<br />

incanescens Mart. ex DC.]<br />

FAMILY: Myrtaceae (myrtle)<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit pulp is edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Brazil and Paraguay<br />

REFERENCES: Bernardi 1985, Legrand and Klein 1977, Martin et al. 1987,<br />

Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Psidium friedrichsthalianum O. Berg<br />

FAMILY: Myrtaceae (myrtle)<br />

ENGLISH: Costa Rican guava, cas guava<br />

PORTUGUESE: goiaba<br />

SPANISH: arrayán, cas, guayaba, guayaba agria, guayaba de fresco,<br />

guayaba de mico, guayabillo, guayabo, guayabo agrio<br />

USES/NOTES: Green, nearly round, pectin-rich, tart 3-5cm fruits are<br />

used in beverages, pies, and preserves.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Sou<strong>the</strong>rn Mexico (sou<strong>the</strong>rn Vera Cruz and Oaxaca) through<br />

Gu<strong>at</strong>emala and Honduras to Colombia<br />

REFERENCES: Johns and Stevenson 1985, Mabberley 1987, MBG n.d., Morton<br />

1987a, Price 1990, Sánchez-Vindas 1990, Sánchez-Vindas 2001, Smith<br />

et al. 1992, Standley 1930, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Psidium guajava L.<br />

FAMILY: Myrtaceae (myrtle)<br />

ENGLISH: common guava, guava<br />

PORTUGUESE: araçá-açu, araçá-goiaba, araçá-guaiaba, goiaba, guaiaba,<br />

guaiava<br />

SPANISH: arasa, chura-c<strong>at</strong>oco, coloc, guayaba, guayabo, guayabo<br />

blanco, nulu, pachí, pichí, purijo, saguinto, sahuintu<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruits are e<strong>at</strong>en fresh or preserved, <strong>of</strong>ten as a paste<br />

(bocadillo) or as puree for baby food. Fruits contain two to five<br />

times <strong>the</strong> vitamin C <strong>of</strong> oranges. Bark and leaves are medicinal.<br />

Leaves are used as an astringent.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Neotropics, probably first domestic<strong>at</strong>ed in Peru, though<br />

possibly <strong>the</strong> West Indies or Mexico, widely n<strong>at</strong>uralized in warm<br />

regions and once thought to be <strong>of</strong> Old World origin<br />

REFERENCES: Austin and Bourne 1992, Boom 1987, Cavalcante 1991, Duke<br />

1986, Duke and Vásquez 1994, Estrella 1991, FLEPPC 2003, Flannery<br />

1973, Guia Rural n.d., IBGE 1980, Meyer-Arendt 1979, Naranjo 1991,<br />

Oldfield 1981, Omawale 1973, OAS 1973, Peret 1985, Popenoe 1974,<br />

Reed 1995, Schneider 1987, Silva et al. 1977<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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