HERBAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS – Psidium guajava (GUAVA)

Guava is a tropical fruit cultivated mainly in the Asian countries. It is quite similar in shape to pear and has a rind that is green in color and changes to yellow when it becomes over-ripe. Inside the rind which is consumed along with the fruit and not peeled there is flesh that is either white or pinkish/reddish in color. More often than not you can find lots of small hard seeds enveloping the soft and sweet pulp of the fruit. Guava is quite rich in Vitamin C maybe even more than orange apart from a number of other vitamins and minerals.