See also:

• GUAVA (from the Mexican guayaba)

GUAVA (from the Mexican guayaba)  , the name applied to the fruits of See also:

• SPECIES

species of Psidium, a genus belonging to the natural See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order Myrtaceae . The species which produces the bulk of the See also:

• GUAVA (from the Mexican guayaba)

guava fruits of See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce is Psidium Guajava, a small See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree from 15 to 20 ft. high, a native of the tropical parts of See also:

• AMERICA

America and the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies . It bears See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short-stalked ovate or oblong leaves, with strongly marked See also:

• VEINS

veins, and covered with a soft tomentum or down . The See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers are See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne on axillary stalks, and the fruits vary much in See also:

• SIZE

size, shape and See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, numerous forms and varieties being known and cultivated . The variety of which the fruits are most valued is that which is sometimes called the See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white guava (P . Guajava, See also:

• VAR

var. pyriferum) . The fruits are See also:

• PEAR (Pyrus communis)

pear-shaped, about the size of a See also:

• HEN

hen's See also:

• EGG (O.E. aeg, cf. Ger. Ei, Swed. aegg, and prob. Gr. u,ov, Lat. ovum)
• EGG, AUGUSTUS LEOPOLD (1816-1863)

egg, covered with a thin See also:

• BRIGHT, JOHN (1811-188g)
• BRIGHT, SIR CHARLES TILSTON

bright yellow or whitish skin filled with soft pulp, also of a See also:

• LIGHT

light yellowish tinge, and having a pleasant sweet-See also:

• ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

acid and somewhat aromatic flavour . P . Guajava, var. pomiferum, produces a more globular or See also:

• APPLE (a common Teut. word, A.S. aepl, aeppel, O.H.G. aphul, aphal, apfal, mod. Ger. Apfel)

apple-shaped See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit, sometimes called the red guava . The pulp of this variety is mostly of a darker colour than the former and not of so See also:

• FINE

fine a flavour, therefore the first named is most esteemed for eating in a raw See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state; both, however, are used in the preparation of two kinds of preserve known as guava jelly and guava See also:

• CHEESE (Lat. caseus)

cheese, which are made in the West Indies and imported thence to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England; the fruits are of much too perishable a nature to allow of their importation in their natural state . Both varieties have been introduced into various parts of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, as well as in other countries of the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East, where they have become perfectly naturalized . Though of course much too See also:

• TENDER

tender for outdoor planting in England, the guava thrives there in hothouses or stoves .

Psidium variabile (also known as P . Cattleyanum), a tree of from 10 to 20 ft. high, a native of See also:

• BRAZIL
• BRAZIL, or BRASIL

Brazil (the Ara96. or Ara9a de Praya), is known as the See also:

• PURPLE

purple guava . The fruit, which is very abundantly produced in the axils of the leaves, is large, spherical, of a fine deep See also:

• CLARET (from the Fr. vin claret, mod. clairet, wine of a light clear colour, from Lat. clarus, clear)

claret colour; the rind is pitted, and the pulp is soft, fleshy, purplish, reddish next the skin, but becoming paler towards the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle and in the centre almost or quite white . It has a very agreeable acid-sweet flavour, which has been likened to that of a See also:

• STRAWBERRY (Fragaria)

strawberry .