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Guava

Psidium guajava L.

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Psidium guajava (Guava) is a species of shrub in the family myrtles. It has a self-supporting growth form. It is native to Martinique, Peru, Haiti, Ecuador, Mexico, Costa Rica, Grenada, Panama, Suriname, Jamaica, Guatemala, Belize, Paraguay, Nicaragua, Argentina, Saint Lucia, El Salvador, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Netherlands Antilles, Honduras, French Guiana, Dominica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Barbados, Guadeloupe, Anguilla, the Dominican Republic, Montserrat, Saint Barthelemy, Antigua and Barbuda, Bolivia, and the Neotropics. Guava has simple, broad leaves and white flowers. Flowers are visited by Meliponula ferruginea (Lepeletier). Guava is a photoautotroph.

URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900034
Definition: whole plant frutescent, bush, shrub

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URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/self-supportingGrowthForm
Definition: an organism relying on its own supportive tissues rather than a climbing habit to achieve vertical growth

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3570311

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3932488

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3723988

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3658394

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3996063

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3624060

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3580239

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3703430

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3382998

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3489940

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3595528

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3582678

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3437598

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3617476

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3865483

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3576468

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3585968

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3625428

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3573591

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3577815

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URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25227

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3608932

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3381670

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3575830

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3575174

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3374084

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3579143

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3573512

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3508796

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3578097

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3578475

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3576396

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3923057

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URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q217151
Definition: one of the eight terrestrial ecozones constituting the Earth's land surface
Attribution: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ecozone_Neotropic.svg

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0020042
Definition: A leaf in which the lamina is undivided

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0002359
Definition: A quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's width being notably higher than its length.
Attribution: [database_cross_reference: PATOC:GVG]

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000323
Definition: An achromatic color of maximum brightness; the color of objects that reflect nearly all light of all visible wavelengths.
Attribution: [database_cross_reference: Dictionary:http://dictionary.reference.com/]

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECOCORE_00000130
Definition: An autotroph which is capable of transforming light into chemical energy.

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EOL has data for 84 attributes, including:

geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region
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Hawaii
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/5855797
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life cycle habit
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/TO_0002725
- Definition: Determined for type of life cycle being annual, binneal, perennial etc.
- Comment: The life cycle habit indicates the typical duration of an individual plant's life. Common values are annual, biennial, and perennial. Some plants have different durations depending on environment or location, so a plant can have more than one value.
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perennial
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0980073
- Definition: Of plant duration, a plant whose life span extends over more than two growing seasons, c.f. annual, biennial, ephemeral, of flowering with respect to architecture, hapaxanthic, monocarpic, pleonanthic
- Attribution: Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 12, July 2012. Glossary: http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/top/glossaryi_p.html#perennial
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low temperature tolerance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TemperatureTolerance
- Definition: The minimum tolerable temperature is the lowest temperature recorded in the plant’s historical range. If this is not available, the record low January temperature recorded at climate stations within the current geographical range of the plant is used. This definition does not apply to summer annuals.
- Attribution: USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
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33 degrees Fahrenheit
plant growth form
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900032
- Definition: whole plant growth form. eg: herbaceous, tree, liana
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shrub
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900034
- Definition: whole plant frutescent, bush, shrub
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planting density
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/PlantingDensity
- Definition: Recommended minimum number of individual plants to plant per area.
- Attribution: USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
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400 per acre
precipitation tolerance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/PrecipitationTolerance
- Definition: Minimum tolerable rainfall (in inches), expressed as the average annual minimum precipitation that occurs 20% of the time (i.e., the probability of it being this dry in any given year is 20%) at the driest climate station within the known geographical range of the plant. geographical range of the plant. For cultivars, the geographical range is defined as the area to which the cultivar is well adapted rather than marginally adapted.
- Comment: Minimum precipitation tolerance: Minimum tolerable rainfall, expressed as the average annual minimum precipitation that occurs 20% of the time (i.e., the probability of it being this dry in any given year is 20%) at the driest climate station within the known geographical range of the plant. Maximum precipitation tolerance: Maximum tolerable rainfall, expressed as the annual average precipitation of the wettest climate station within the known geographical range of the plant. For cultivars, the geographical range is defined as the area to which the cultivar is well adapted rather than marginally adapted.
- Attribution: USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
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150 inch
salt tolerance
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/TO_0006001
- Definition: Tolerance to the high salt content in the growth medium.
- Comment: In the USDA PLANTS database, tolerance to a soil salinity level is defined as only a slight reduction (not greater than 10%) in plant growth.
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: GR:pj]
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medium (normal)
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000461
- Definition: Average. A quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's exhibiting no deviation from normal or average.
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: PATOC:GVG]
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seed spread rate
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SeedSpreadRate
- Definition: The capability of the plant to spread through its seed production compared to other species with the same growth habit.
- Attribution: USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
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moderate
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/moderateRate
- Definition: Moderate rate. A rate which is neither relatively high nor low.
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seedling survival
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SeedlingSurvival
- Definition: The expected seedling survival percentage of the plant compared to other species with the same growth habit.
- Attribution: USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
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medium
- URI: http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C49507
- Definition: Mid-way between small and large in number, quantity, magnitude or extent.
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seeds per pound
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SeedPerPound
- Definition: The number of seeds per pound in an average seed lot.
- Attribution: USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
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36200
shade tolerance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/ShadeTolerance
- Definition: The relative tolerance of the plant to shade conditions
- Attribution: USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
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medium (normal)
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000461
- Definition: Average. A quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's exhibiting no deviation from normal or average.
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: PATOC:GVG]
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vegetative spread rate
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/VegetativeSpreadRate
- Definition: The rate at which this plant can spread compared to other species with the same growth habit.
- Attribution: USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
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none
- URI: http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/260413007
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of guava. View this species on GBIF

Marco Schmidt cc-by-nc-sa-3.0