Plants · La Saladita, Guerrero

Common guava

Psidium guajava

Spanish: Guayaba dulce

Common guava (Psidium guajava)
Photographed by gabrielitha_garcia on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC

Psidium guajava, the common guava, yellow guava, lemon guava, or apple guava is an evergreen shrub or small tree native to South America. It is pollinated by insects. When cultivated, it is pollinated mainly by the common honey bee, Apis mellifera. Most often recorded in Jul.

TaxonomyMagnoliopsida › Myrtales › Myrtaceae
Local records2 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records28,569 on iNaturalist
Recorded here2025 – 2025
Months recorded near La Saladita
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Recent local sightings

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Cite as: “Common guava (Psidium guajava) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/psidium-guajava/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.