Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortPsidium guajava
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | shrub, tree | Physiology | evergreen, single stem, multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | fruits & nuts, forest/wood, environmental, weed |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on small scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 20 | 33 | 10 | 45 | Soil texture | medium, organic | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1000 | 3000 | 400 | 5000 | Soil fertility | high | low |
| Latitude | - | - | 20 | 35 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2000 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 7.5 | 4 | 8.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -5 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. | can become a weed |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 150 | 365 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| inter-cropping | maize, sorghun, cowpeas | |||
| inter-cropping | yams | |||
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | vitamins | fruits |
| food & beverage | minerals | fruits |
| food & beverage | minerals | leaves |
| material | timber wood | bark |
| material | dye/tannin | leaves |
| material | honey | flowers |
| material | essential oils | leaves |
| poison | insects | entire plant |
| poison | bacteria | fruits |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | fruits |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | leaves |
| medicinal | immune system applications | leaves |
| medicinal | skin applications | leaves |
| medicinal | skin applications | stems |
| medicinal | blood system applications | fruits |
| medicinal | genitourinary system applications | leaves |
| medicinal | respiratory applications | leaves |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |
| environmental | support | entire plant |
| environmental | agroforestry | entire plant |
| environmental | pollution control | entire plant |