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AGOWA

Guava

Psidium guajava

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MEDICINAL BENEFITS

Multiple parts 

  • Use plant for painful menstruation, miscarriages, uterine bleeding, and premature labor in women

Bark

Root

  • Used for gastrointestinal infections such as diarrhoea, dysentery, stomach aches, and indigestion, they do this by drinking hot water with bark powder mixed into it as a remedy for blood-associated dysentery 

Leaves

  • A decoction of the leaves or bark is taken externally as a lotion for skin, ringworm, wounds, and ulcers 

  • Aid in digestive tract ailments, colds, and high blood pressure

  • Hot leaf decoction compress can be for sore throat, hoarse throat,

  • Leaf decoction with warm water for ulcers

  • Fever teas prepared for malaria 

  • Using raw young leaves and tender shoots of guava has been effective for sure throat 

  • Raw young leaves and tender shoots of guava have been used for toothache and mouth ulcers, also done through chewing sticks 

  • Guava shoots are used as a skin tonic 

  • Guava leaves are used for the treatment of various inflammatory ailments including rheumatism 

Leaves​

  • All parts of the fruit are astringent

  • Exhibits antibacterial action against intestinal pathogens 

  • The dried ripe fruit is used for dysentery

  • Leaves and fruits are used for curing diarrhea 

  • Water from soaking the fruit is a good treatment for diabetes

ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS

  • Can act as a boundary or barrier support 

  • It has been used to stake yams

  • The small tree is cut back and used to support them

  • Performs well in intercropped with fodder crops such as maize, sorghum, and cowpeas

  • Identified as useful for bio-detection and bioaccumulation in India

OTHER USES

  • ​Used for a wide variety of products from canned to syrups and jellies 

  • Guava paste is used by evaporating the pulp with sugar 

  • The leaves are used in cooking 

  • The leaves and bark may be used for dyeing and tanning 

  • Plants contain essential oil

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