Taxon:
Psidium acidum (Mart. ex DC.) Landrum
Summary
Place of publication:
Brittonia 68:411. 2016
Verified:
03/25/2017
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Landrum, L. R. 2016. Re-evaluation of Psidium acutangulum (Myrtaceae) and a new combination in Psidium. Brittonia 68:409-417.
Common names
Portuguese (Brazil)
araçá -peu – Spanish
guayaba – guayaba agria – sacha guayaba –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Amazonas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Napo | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Pastaza | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Amazonas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Huánuco | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Loreto | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Madre de Dios | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Pasco | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | in Amazonian countries |
Native
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil [Amazonas]
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Ecuador [Napo, Pastaza], Peru [Amazonas, Huánuco, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Pasco]
Cultivated
(in Amazonian countries)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Human food | fruit | | Landrum, L. R. 2016. Re-evaluation of Psidium acutangulum (Myrtaceae) and a new combination in Psidium. Brittonia 68:409-417. |