Psidium guajava

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Psidium guajava L.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Psidium guyava F.M.Bailey (orthographic variant)

Distribution (APC): ChI (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (1), Cooper_2013 (14), Metcalfe_2009 (19), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (19), Wells_2012 (107), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 55 traits from 170 records in 9 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 58.75 mm (40-85 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 60 mm (40-85 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 55 mm (40-70 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): berry (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
fruit_colour (categorical): yellow (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 5164.81 mm2 (1240-6975 mm2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012]
leaf_length (numerical): 95 mm (70-120 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 52.5 mm (40-65 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 312.91 mg (70.31-528.33 mg) [sources: Wells_2012]
petiole_length (numerical): 0.75 cm (0.5-1 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 85.63 g/m2 (48.15-125 g/m2) [sources: Wells_2012]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.33 g/g (0.29-0.39 g/g) [sources: Wells_2012]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); oblong (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): rounded (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4); tree (4) [sources: ATRP_2020; Cooper_2013; Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2022; Wells_2012; Wenk_2022]
life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
root_structure (categorical): mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): beetle (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
dispersers (categorical): bats (1); birds (2); cassowaries (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Wells_2012]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (1); ynnnnnnyyyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): short_persistent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.7 mg (1.7-1.7 mg) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
seed_length (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.61 mg/mm3 (0.51-0.71 mg/mm3) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 7 m (6-8 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Wells_2012	22	107	J. A. Wells. “Phylogeny and inter-relations of ecological traits and seed dispersal in rainforest plants: Exploring aspects of functional diversity in primary and secondary rainforests in Australia's Wet Tropics.”. PhD. University of Queensland, 2012.
Metcalfe_2009	19	19	E. Laliberte, J. A. Wells, F. DeClerck, D. J. Metcalfe, C. P. Catterall, C. Queiroz, I. Aubin, S. P. Bonser, Y. Ding, J. M. Fraterrigo, S. McNamara, J. W. Morgan, D. S. Merlos, P. A. Vesk, and M. M. Mayfield. “Land-use intensification reduces functional redundancy and response diversity in plant communities”. Ecology Letters 13.1 (2010), pp. 76-86. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01403.x.
NHNSW_2023	13	19	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Cooper_2013	11	14	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
NHNSW_2014_2	4	4	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ATRP_2020	1	1	F. A. Zich, B. P. Hyland, T. Whiffin, and R. A. Kerrigan. Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. 2020. url: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/intro/index.html.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.