Psidium acidum (DC.) Landrum (Myrtaceae): a Recently Grown Fruit Tree in Cuba
Reinaldo Trujillo Sánchez,
Marta Hernández de la Torre,
Iris Yalina Hernández Rodríguez,
Isidro E. Méndez Santos
Affiliations
Reinaldo Trujillo Sánchez
Bachelor of Science, in Biology. Ph.D, Biological Sciences, Senior researcher, Associate professor. Bioplants Center, Maximo Gomez Baez University Ciego de Ávila.
Marta Hernández de la Torre
Ph.D Professor-Researcher Faculty of Forestry Sciences, University of Concepción Victoria 631, Barrio Universitario. Biobío Region. Chile.
Iris Yalina Hernández Rodríguez
Agronomical Eng. M.Sc. in Plant Biology. Biofactory, Ciego de Avila.
Isidro E. Méndez Santos
Professor of Agronomy. Ph.D, Biological Sciences. Full Professor. Center for Environmental Management Studies. Ignacio Agramonte Loynaz University of Camagüey, Cuba.
This is the first record of Psidium acidum (DC.) Landrum (Myrtaceae) in Cuba, a species originally from South America, which belongs to the sour guava group. Botanical methods like collection works, specialized catalogs, description, and scientific illustrations, were used. The usefulness of ripe fruit for human nutrition, the application of fungicides and antioxidants from branch and leaf extracts, and the plant usefulness as graft carrier for commercial cultivars were addressed as well. An analytical key was recommended to contrast from akin taxons observed in the Cuban archipelago.
