番石榴(Psidium guajava),原产于美洲热带地区。于16～17世纪时,随着西班牙、葡萄牙等帝国主义国家向外侵略而传布至世界上热带及亚热带的各个角落,如北美洲、澳洲、新西兰、太平洋各岛屿、印度尼西亚、印度、马来西亚、北非及我国。番石榴究竟什么时候传入我国,虽然现在尚不清楚,但至迟在17世纪中叶已被引进,因为在1694年印行的《台湾府志》上已有番石榴的 Guava (Psidium guajava), native to the tropical Americas. In the 16th and 17th centuries, as the imperialist countries such as Spain and Portugal came out aggressively, they spread to all corners of the world in tropical and subtropical regions such as North America, Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, North Africa And our country. When Guava came into our country, though it is not yet clear, it was introduced by no later than the mid-17th century because Guava