Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name
Psidium guajava L.
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.
Psidium guajava
Authorship: The author or authors credited with publishing the scientific name. It is written after the name, sometimes with the year, for example L. (Linnaeus) in Zea mays L. An author in parentheses first published the name in another genus or rank.
L.
Common names
Guava, Guava Tree, Guava, Common guava, Yellow guava, Lemon guava, Guave Tree, Guyaba, abas, common guava, goyavier, guabang, kautonga, kuahpa, lemon guava, yellow guava, Guave
Names in other languages (115)Donkila, Dungui tape, Goyave, Goyavier commun, Goyave, Gouyave, Goyave Georges, Goyave-pomme, Goyavier, Gouyavier rouge, Gouyavier blanc, Goyavier commun, Goyavier, Guajava, Guavenbaum, Guayaba, Guayaba blanca, Guayaba de comer, Guayaba de palo, Guayaba roja, Guayabilla, Guayabo, Guayave, Mapouera, Mbouera, Paiganka, Paigonkamo, Quëma, Rache, Sacha guayaba, Samindo’cho, Sampi, Sampul, Sawintu, Wampa, Wayap, Zulema panka, abwas, amarood, amrood, amrut, apas, araca, araçá-goiaba, araçá-guaçú, banjirō, banjiro, banjirō, bayabas, bayawas, biyabas, dipajaya jambu, djamboe, djambu, farang, goaibeira, goavier, goeajaaba, goejaba, goiaba, goiabeira, goiabeiro, gouyav, gouyave, guahva, guaiaba, guaiava, guayaba silvestre, guayabo común, guayavo, guwafah, guyaaba, guyabas, guyava, jambu batu, jambu berase, jambu biji, jambu kampuchia, jambu klutuk, jamphal, jamrukh, kautoga, kautoga tane, kautonga tane, koejawal, koejawel, ku'ava, kuabang, kuafa, kuava, kuawa, kuawa ke'oke'o, kuawa lemi, kuawa momona, kuhfahfah, kuma, kuwawa, ma-kuai, ma-man, ngguava ni India, nguava, oi, pauwa, perala, petokal, quwawa, sapari, si da, te kuava, te kuawa, tokal, trapaek sruk, tu'ava, tu'avu, tuava, tuava, tuava tahiti, tuava, tuava tahiti, tuvava, tumu tuava, tuvava, tuvava, tuava, xalxocot, ត្របែក, ប្លែបែក
Kingdom: One of the broadest ranks of biological classification. It groups organisms that share very basic features, for example plants (Plantae), animals (Animalia) or fungi (Fungi).
Plantae
Phylum: Rank below kingdom that groups organisms with a shared general body plan, for example chordates (Chordata), arthropods (Arthropoda) or vascular plants (Tracheophyta). In botany the same rank is also called division.
Tracheophyta
Class: Rank below phylum, for example mammals (Mammalia), birds (Aves), insects (Insecta) or monocot plants such as grasses and orchids (Liliopsida).
Magnoliopsida
Order: Rank below class that groups related families, for example grasses and their relatives (Poales) or bats (Chiroptera).
Myrtales
Family: Rank below order that groups related genera. Family names usually end in -aceae in botany (for example Poaceae, the grass family) and in -idae in zoology (for example Felidae, the cat family).
Myrtaceae
Genus: Rank that groups closely related species. Its name is the first word of a species' scientific name and starts with a capital letter, for example Zea in Zea mays.
Psidium
Specific epithet: The second word of a species' scientific name. On its own it does not name the species: it always goes with the genus, for example mays in Zea mays.
guajava
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.
species
Reference species
Psidium guajava
Taxonomic status: Whether the taxonomic catalogue the record comes from currently accepts this name for the organism, or treats it as a synonym of another accepted name or as doubtful.
accepted name

Photos and conservation status

IUCN Red List category: The extinction-risk category that the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assigns to a species on its Red List. EX Extinct: there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. EW Extinct in the wild: it survives only in cultivation, in captivity or as a population far outside its past range. CR Critically endangered, EN Endangered and VU Vulnerable: the three threatened categories, from an extremely high to a high risk of extinction in the wild. NT Near threatened: close to qualifying as threatened. LC Least concern: evaluated and not threatened. DD Data deficient: there is not enough information to assess its risk. NE Not evaluated: not yet assessed against the criteria. It describes the risk of the species worldwide, not its situation in a project's area.
Least concern (LC)
Source: IUCN Red List via GBIF, queried on 2026-10-09 12:15.
Photo of Psidium guajava L.
Photo: Damien Wallace · CC0 1.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Psidium guajava L.
Photo: Cristina Sininho Sa · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Psidium guajava L.
Photo: Dave Richardson · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Psidium guajava L.
Photo: Steven Smethurst · CC0 1.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Psidium guajava L.
Photo: Yi-fan翊凡 · CC0 1.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Psidium guajava L.
Photo: Rosario Douglas · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation

Research-grade iNaturalist observations via GBIF, CC0 or CC BY licences only, queried on 2026-10-09 12:15.

Interacciones documentadas

GloBI says it is documented somewhere in the world. Biolitica answers whether it could happen here.

A documented interaction means it was recorded somewhere in the world. It does not mean it occurs here.

Types shown: 12 of 15 is a host of × is eaten by × interacts with (this species is the record's destination) × has as a parasite × has its flowers visited by × has as a vector × is pollinated by × is adjacent to × is dispersed by × is a mutualist of × is visited by × interacts with (this species is the record's origin) × 3 more types with data for this species

Blocks that do not sit under a navigation concept heading keep the source's own term: no navigation concept has been assigned to them yet.

is a host of 742 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Meliola psidii Meliolaceae is a host of 133 not compared
Anthracnose Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Glomerellaceae is a host of 34 not compared
Myrtle Rust Austropuccinia psidii Sphaerophragmiaceae is a host of 34 not compared
Anthracnose Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Glomerellaceae is a host of 30 not compared
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is eaten by 527 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Great Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus lituratus Phyllostomidae is eaten by 13 not compared
Jamaica Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus jamaicensis Phyllostomidae is eaten by 11 not compared
Seba's Short-tailed Bat Carollia perspicillata Phyllostomidae is eaten by 10 not compared
Greater Shortnosed Fruit Bat Cynopterus sphinx Pteropodidae is eaten by 10 not compared
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interacts with 208 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Braconid Wasps Braconidae Braconidae interacts with 194 no location Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at family level.
Phocides lilea Hesperiidae interacts with 17 not compared
Guava Skipper Phocides polybius Hesperiidae interacts with 17 not compared
Indian Flying Fox Pteropus giganteus Pteropodidae interacts with 16 no location
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has as a parasite 129 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Parasitoid wasp Blepyrus insularis Encyrtidae has as a parasite 7 no location
Parasitoid wasp Encarsia guadeloupae Aphelinidae has as a parasite 6 no location
Parasitoid wasp Aenasius advena Encyrtidae has as a parasite 6 no location
Encyrtid wasp Anagyrus indicus Encyrtidae has as a parasite 5 no location
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Flower visit

has its flowers visited by 50 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. Visiting a flower is not pollinating it. «Pollinates» is a different term and a different block, and merging the two is the measured defect that turned ~88 shared «pollinators» into birds and primates.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
European Honey Bee Apis mellifera Apidae has its flowers visited by 3 not compared
Lipotriches welwitschi Halictidae has its flowers visited by 2 not compared
Galápagos carpenter bee Xylocopa darwini has its flowers visited by 2 not compared
Asian dwarf honey bee Apis florea Apidae has its flowers visited by 2 not compared
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has as a vector 25 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Jamaica Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus jamaicensis Phyllostomidae has as a vector 8 not compared
Great Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus lituratus Phyllostomidae has as a vector 8 not compared
Little Big-Eared Bat Micronycteris megalotis Phyllostomidae has as a vector 4 no location
African Straw-coloured Fruit-bat Eidolon helvum Pteropodidae has as a vector 4 not compared
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Pollination

is pollinated by 18 organisms

This term declares that the organism benefits this species. «Visits the flowers of» is a different term and a different block: a visitor is not a pollinator, and merging the two is the measured defect that turned ~88 shared «pollinators» into birds and primates.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Small Carpenter Bees Ceratina nigrolateralis Apidae is pollinated by 1 not compared
Giant Honey Bee Apis dorsata Apidae is pollinated by 1 not compared
Rusty-tailed Stingless bee Trigona ferricauda Apidae is pollinated by 1 not compared
Long-chinned Stingless Bee Geniotrigona thoracica Apidae is pollinated by 1 not compared
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is adjacent to 12 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Phlebia acerina Meruliaceae is adjacent to 5 no location
Aschersonia turbinata Clavicipitaceae is adjacent to 2 no location
Hawai'i Greenbrier Smilax melastomifolia Smilacaceae is adjacent to 2 no location
Giraffe Spots Peniophora albobadia Peniophoraceae is adjacent to 1 not compared
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is dispersed by 7 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Sayaca Tanager Thraupis sayaca Thraupidae is dispersed by 1 not compared
Silver-beaked Tanager Ramphocelus carbo Thraupidae is dispersed by 1 not compared
Rufous-bellied Thrush Turdus rufiventris Turdidae is dispersed by 1 not compared
Turquoise Tanager Tangara mexicana Thraupidae is dispersed by 1 not compared
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is a mutualist of 6 organisms

This term declares that the organism benefits this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Azure-shouldered Tanager Thraupis cyanoptera is a mutualist of 1 not compared
Sayaca Tanager Thraupis sayaca Thraupidae is a mutualist of 1 not compared
Violaceous Euphonia Euphonia violacea Fringillidae is a mutualist of 1 not compared
Rufous-bellied Thrush Turdus rufiventris Turdidae is a mutualist of 1 not compared
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is visited by 5 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Hairy-tailed Oil-digger Centris analis Apidae is visited by 1 no location
Xylocopa nigrocincta Apidae is visited by 1 no location
Xylocopa frontalis Apidae is visited by 1 no location
European Honey Bee Apis mellifera Apidae is visited by 1 no location
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interacts with 3 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Oriental fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis Tephritidae interacts with 1 no location
no name interacts with 1 no location Not a modelling unit: the source publishes no name for this organism.
Anastrepha interacts with 1 no location Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
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Acompañantes documentados

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Documented uses and recommendations

Uses and recommendations that a source documents for this species beside a crop, each in its own context. They are the source's statements, not traits of the species and not Biolítica's recommendations, and none of them is a relation between two species.

Not grouped under a navigation concept

What the source states Claim type Context Source Actions
Árbol nativo candidato de paisaje Recommendation of a guideRecommended coffee · Veracruz, México Biolítica · compilación de café de CIE-10 sha256:e376ce4d636a
Árbol con valoración local Documented useAsserted coffee · Veracruz, México Biolítica · compilación de café de CIE-10 sha256:e376ce4d636a