Psidium guajava
Common guava
As recorded: Psidium guajava L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Myrtales › Myrtaceae
- Collected by
- Forbes, C.N.
- Collector number
- 547 H
- Date
- May 15, 1915
- Locality
- Near Hilo, terminal portion of 1880-1 Lava Flow
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- Herbst, D.R.; Sohmer, S.H.; Wagner, W.L.Derral R. Herbst →Seymour H. Sohmer →Warren L. Wagner Jr. →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On May 15, 1915, Forbes, C.N. also collected 1 other specimen.
Psidium guajava observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1915. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 844 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-26.
2026-10-26
Pahoa
(c) lilianajoy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-15
Manuka Nature Trail, Captain Cook, HI, US
(c) vbaker225, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-14
Kailua, HI 96734, USA
(c) Sam Buswell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-05
Hana, HI 96713, USA
(c) Craig Ontl, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-05
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) alex3haase, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-01
Kauai County, US-HI, US
(c) carpdano, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Psidium guajava. BISH 60603. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956614903. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/60603.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956614903 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026