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Psidium striatulum
Psidium striatulum is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is native to Bolivia, Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.
From the article Psidium striatulum on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. Its common names include narrow-leaf guava, araçá-mirim, or araçari. The tree produces yellow sweet fruits with a flavor similar to the common guava. The fruits are consumed fresh and are commonly utilized in traditional medicine to treat diarrhea and infections.
== References ==
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 465979.