30 MYRTACEA. 
‘-PSIDIUM GUYAVA, Linn. | 
Fig.—Rheede Hort. Mal. iii. , t. 34, 35 ; Rumph. Amb. 1., 
47. Guava tree (Ung.), Goyavier (Fr.). 
Hab.—Anmerica, naturalized in India. The bark 
leaves. 
Vernacular.—Lal-safri-4m, Sufed-safri-Am (Hind.), Lal-jam 
Sufed-jam (Duwk.), Téambara peru, Pandhara peru (Mar), Shiv 
appu-goyy4-pazham, Vellai-goyy4-pazham (T'am.), Tella-jém 
pandu, Erra-jam-pandu (Tel.), Bili-shibe-hannu, Kempu-shibé 
hannu (Can.), Dhop-goachhi-phal, Lal-goachhi-phal (Beng.). 
History, Uses, &c.—The red and white guavas appea' 
to be only varieties of one and the same species. They ha 
been, introduced into India from America, probably b 
the Portuguese, and are now universally cultivated, and ir 
some parts of the country have run wild. ‘The fruitis a favo 
ite with the natives, who like its strong aromatic flavow 
It is astringent and has a tendency to cause costi 3S 
Europeans generally prefer it cooked, or in the form 
In Goa the Portuguese make a kind of cheese of it. The 
which is also astringent, is recommended in the Pharmacopet 
of India as a remedy for the chronic diarrhoea of children.” 
Dr. Waitz (Diseases of Children in Hot Climates, p. 225,) dire 
half an ounce of the root bark with six ounces of water to b 
boiled down to 3 ounces ; of this decoction, the dose is one o: 
more teaspoonfuls three or four times a day. He also recom: 
mends the same preparation as an external astringent in the 
prolapsus ani of children (p. 233). The leaves have also k er 
used successfully as an astringent in diarrhcea. 
Discourtilz places this plant among the aromatic anti 
modics; a decoction of the young leaves and shoots is prescrib 
in the West Indies in febrifuge and antispasmodic — a 
fusion of the leaves in cerebral affections, nephritis and cac 
the pounded leaves are locally applied in rheumatism ; an ex: 
is used in epilepsy and chorea; the tincture is red 
spine of children suffering from convulsions, The rv 
