Botanical Name : Psidium guajava Linn.
Family : Myrtaceae
Identification No.: SDACH/HG/102
Names in different Indian languages :
English : Common guva
Hindi : Amrud, safed saphari
Kannada : Balehanu, keli
Malayalam : Pera, koyya
Sanskrit : Perukah
Tamil : Koya
Telugu : Jampandu
Synonyms :
Amaruuda
Uses :
antidiarrhoeal, dysentery, diabetes, cough and cold, anthelmintic, hepatitis
Chemical :
linoleic acid, vitamin C, flavonol morin, morin-3-O-lyxoside, morin-3-O-arabinoside, quercetin and quercetin-3-O-arabinoside
HABITAT & DISTRIBUTION-
Grown throughout India upto 1500 m and is cultivated commercially in almost all states including Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharshtra, Assam, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
Morphology-
Much branched small or medium sized tree upto 8 m high. Bark smooth, pale pinkish or buff with greyish patches. Leaves 10-15 cm long, simple, opposite, oblong or elliptic-oblong, pellucid-punctate, glabrous above, pubescent beneath.
IUCN Status : Least Concern
Research updates –
1. Folklore practices of Peruka (Psidium guajava Linn.) in different diseases
2. Randomized controlled clinical study to evaluate the efficacy of peruka churna pratisarana in management of mukhapaka in children
