Guava (from either Spanish Guayaba; Goiaba in Portuguese) is a genus of astir Centred coinage of tropical shrubs and small trees in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, native to the Caribbean, Central America and northern South America. A leaves are opposite, simple, ovoid to ovoid, Five-15 cm hanker. A flowers are white, sustaining 5 flower petal & many stamens.

A fruit is edible, circular to pear-shaped, from Three-10 cm from side to side (to Twelve cm inside a few selected cultivars). It has the thinly delicate rind, blanch green to yellow at maturity inside the select few mintage, pink to red within others, the creamy white or even orange-salmon flesh by having several little firm seeds, & a hard, characteristic aroma. These are rich around nutrients A, B, and C.

Cultivation and uses
Guavas come cultivated inside numbers of tropical countries for their edible fruits. Many coinage come grown commercially; people enrolled perfect come a first. the fruit is unremarkably eaten whole, however is typically prepared around a kind of ways as a afters. Witharound Asia, raw guava is typically dipped in salt or even prune powder. Poached guava is as well extensively wont to produce confect, preserves, jellies, blocks, marmalades (goiabada), & juices.

A plants come frost-sensitive. Inside many tropical regions, including Hawaii, some mintage keep close at hand turn into invasive weed shrubs. These are when well of interest for front yard raiser withwithin moderate areas, as one of a super couple tropical fruit that may be grown to fruiting size in pots inside.