Psidium pomiferum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 672. 1762, nom. illeg.

"Habitat in Indiis." RCN: 3595.

Replaced synonym: Psidium cujavus L. (1754) .

Lectotype (Merrill, Interpret. Rumph. Herb. Amb.: 33, 391. 1917): [icon] " Cujavus agrestis " in Rumphius, Herb. Amboin. 1: 142, t. 48. 1741.

Current name: Psidium guajava L. ( Myrtaceae).