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Round or pear-shaped fruits, usually 5-10 cm in diameter.
The fruit has a thin peel, usually pale green or yellow when mature. Some varieties have pink
or reddish fruits. The flesh is rather hard (like an apple) and usually white or pinkish in color.
The fruit contains many small hard seeds and has a strong, very characteristic sweet taste.
Some varieties are seedless. Fruits have a high vitamin C content.Also a native of tropical America,
the guava is known for its musky aroma and soft, delicious pulp. It has a thin greenish-yellow skin
and a flesh of varying thickness which may be white, yellow-pink or red. It is popularly consumed in
juice, ice cream, marmalade, and jam, and of course eaten raw. |
