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Psidium cujavillus Burm.f.

MYRTACEAE

Psidium pumilum Vahl.

Indonesia: jambu tjina, jambu bidji ketjil (Malay), jambu leutik (Sundanese).

Originating from the Antilles. Introduced and cultivated in Indonesia and the Philippines.

The fruits are edible. Leaves used against diarrhoea.

Shrub or small crooked tree, 1—4 m tall. Fruit a globose berry, 2—3 cm diameter. At low and medium altitudes, rather rare in South-East Asia. Some consider this species to be a small form of Psidium guajava L.

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P.C.M. Jansen, J. Jukema, L.P.A. Oyen, T.G. van Lingen

Jansen, P.C.M., Jukema, J., Oyen, L.P.A. & van Lingen, T.G., 1991. Psidium cujavillus Burm.f.. In: Verheij, E.W.M. and Coronel, R.E. (Editors): Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 2: Edible fruits and nuts. PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia. Database record: prota4u.org/prosea