🌍African Traditional Medicine
Guava Leaf
Psidium guajava
About Guava Leaf
Guava Leaf (Psidium guajava) is a herb used in the African Traditional Medicine tradition to help with Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, Diarrhea, and Diabetes, among 2 other conditions it addresses. The leaves are the part traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Psidium guajava, the common guava, yellow guava, or lemon guava (known as goiaba in Portuguese and guayaba in Spanish) is an evergreen shrub or small tree native to the Caribbean, Central America and South America. It is easily pollinated by insects; in culture, mainly by the common honey bee, Apis mellifera.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Leaves · internal