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Campomanesia multiflora (Cambess.) O.Berg, Campomanesia tomentosa Kunth, Eugenia hauthalii (Kuntze) K.Schum., Guajava albida (Cambess.) Kuntze, Guajava benthamiana (O.Berg) Kuntze, Guajava costa-ricensis (O.Berg) Kuntze, Guajava guineensis (Sw.) Kuntze, Guajava laurifolia (O.Berg) Kuntze, Guajava mollis (Bertol.) Kuntze, Guajava multiflora (Cambess.) Kuntze, Guajava ooidea (O.Berg) Kuntze, Guajava polycarpa (Lamb.) Kuntze, Guajava schiedeana (O.Berg) Kuntze, Guajava ypanemensis (O.Berg) Kuntze, Mosiera guineensis (Sw.) Bisse, Myrcianthes irregularis McVaugh, Myrtus guineensis (Sw.) Kuntze, Myrtus hauthalii Kuntze, Psidium albidum Cambess., Psidium araca Raddi, Psidium araca var. sampaionis Herter, Psidium benthamianum O.Berg, Psidium campicolum Barb.Rodr., Psidium chrysobalanoides Standl., Psidium costa-ricense O.Berg, Psidium dichotomum Weinm., Psidium laurifolium O.Berg, Psidium lehmannii Diels, Psidium minus Mart. ex DC. nom. inval.
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Lim, T.K. (2012). Psidium guineense. In: Edible Medicinal And Non Medicinal Plants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2534-8_96
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