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'''Peruka'' is an ornamental, evergreen shrub or small tree with an open crown, that grows 3 - 10 metres tall. The short, often crooked bole can be 20 - 30cm in diameter. A very popular fruit crop, widely eaten in many areas of the world. The plant also has a wide range of traditional medicinal uses and is the source of vaarious commodities. The tree is widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical areas around the world for its edible fruit.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Stomach ache}}, {{Uses|Dental problems}}, {{Uses|Cough and cold}}, {{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Bark}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Fruits}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=jamaphala, seebe-hannu, perala-hannu|ml=atakkappalam, koyya, malackapela, malacka-pela|sa=amruta-phalam, perala, dridhabija, madhuramla, mansala, mrduphalam, peruka|ta=goyya-pazham, koyapalam, koyya|te= gova, goyya, goyya-pandu, goyyapandu, jam-pandu|hi=amrud, jamphal|en=Guava}}
<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Madhura (Sweet), Amla (Sour), Kashaya (Astringent)
===Guna===
Guru (Heavy)
===Veerya===
Sheeta (Cold)
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|Opposite|Leaves simple, opposite, l6-11 x 2.5-5 cm, elliptic-oblong, apex acute-apiculate, base rounded to obtuse-cuneate, hirsute on both sides when young, glabrous on ageing except the nerves, thin-coriaceous; lateral nerves prominent; petioles 0.6-1 cm long. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|axillary cymes|White|Many|Cymes axillary, 1-3-flowered; peduncles 0.5-1.2 cm long; pedicel short or 0. Calyx tube 4-9 mm long, ovoid, densely hirsute; lobes 4, unitedland closed in bud. Petals 4, white, 1-1.5 cm long, broadly ovate, caducous. Stamens many. Ovary globose, many-celled; ovules numerous; style subulate. }}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A berry|3 - 5 cm||globose crowned by persistent calyx lobes; seeds many, embedded in fleshy pulp.|}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
===Season to grow===
===Soil type===
===Propagation===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}, {{Commonly seen|Sub tropical area}}
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Psidium guajava leaves LR.jpg|Leaves
File:Flor de la guayaba.jpg|Flowers
File:Psidium guajava 40zz.jpg|Bark
File:Starr-091112-9527-Psidium guajava-green fruit-West Maui-Maui (24621990119).jpg|Fruits
File:Starr-091115-1241-Psidium guajava-habit-Olinda-Maui (24962855676).jpg|Tree
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://www.ayurtimes.com/psidium-guajava/ Uses]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://keralaplants.in/flowering-plants-kerala-dvd.aspx Botonic description]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search Vernacular names]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Psidium+guajava]
* [http://dhaarrii.blogspot.com/2009/09/psidium-guajava.html]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Tree]]
'''Peruka'' is an ornamental, evergreen shrub or small tree with an open crown, that grows 3 - 10 metres tall. The short, often crooked bole can be 20 - 30cm in diameter. A very popular fruit crop, widely eaten in many areas of the world. The plant also has a wide range of traditional medicinal uses and is the source of vaarious commodities. The tree is widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical areas around the world for its edible fruit.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Stomach ache}}, {{Uses|Dental problems}}, {{Uses|Cough and cold}}, {{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Bark}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Fruits}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=jamaphala, seebe-hannu, perala-hannu|ml=atakkappalam, koyya, malackapela, malacka-pela|sa=amruta-phalam, perala, dridhabija, madhuramla, mansala, mrduphalam, peruka|ta=goyya-pazham, koyapalam, koyya|te= gova, goyya, goyya-pandu, goyyapandu, jam-pandu|hi=amrud, jamphal|en=Guava}}
<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Madhura (Sweet), Amla (Sour), Kashaya (Astringent)
===Guna===
Guru (Heavy)
===Veerya===
Sheeta (Cold)
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|Opposite|Leaves simple, opposite, l6-11 x 2.5-5 cm, elliptic-oblong, apex acute-apiculate, base rounded to obtuse-cuneate, hirsute on both sides when young, glabrous on ageing except the nerves, thin-coriaceous; lateral nerves prominent; petioles 0.6-1 cm long. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|axillary cymes|White|Many|Cymes axillary, 1-3-flowered; peduncles 0.5-1.2 cm long; pedicel short or 0. Calyx tube 4-9 mm long, ovoid, densely hirsute; lobes 4, unitedland closed in bud. Petals 4, white, 1-1.5 cm long, broadly ovate, caducous. Stamens many. Ovary globose, many-celled; ovules numerous; style subulate. }}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A berry|3 - 5 cm||globose crowned by persistent calyx lobes; seeds many, embedded in fleshy pulp.|}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
===Season to grow===
===Soil type===
===Propagation===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}, {{Commonly seen|Sub tropical area}}
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Psidium guajava leaves LR.jpg|Leaves
File:Flor de la guayaba.jpg|Flowers
File:Psidium guajava 40zz.jpg|Bark
File:Starr-091112-9527-Psidium guajava-green fruit-West Maui-Maui (24621990119).jpg|Fruits
File:Starr-091115-1241-Psidium guajava-habit-Olinda-Maui (24962855676).jpg|Tree
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://www.ayurtimes.com/psidium-guajava/ Uses]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://keralaplants.in/flowering-plants-kerala-dvd.aspx Botonic description]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search Vernacular names]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Psidium+guajava]
* [http://dhaarrii.blogspot.com/2009/09/psidium-guajava.html]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Tree]]
