guava

• “Rich in vitamins A and C, guava is used to make desserts, candy, jam, juices and, of course, Mexico's thirst-quenching agua fresco.”

  December guava fair in Calvillo, Aguascalientes

• “Native to tropical America, the guava is found in Mexican supermarkets year round, and in municipal markets in late summer and early fall, and again in early spring.”

  Exotic summer refreshment: a guide to Mexico's tropical fruit

• “Preserved and pickled guavas and confections made from what is known as guava paste are common, but guava jelly made from the pulp is probably the best known product.”

  Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit Desserts; Canning and Drying; Jelly Making, Preserving and Pickling; Confections; Beverages; the Planning of Meals

• “-- The guava is a tropical fruit that is extensively grown in the southern part of the United States.”

  Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit Desserts; Canning and Drying; Jelly Making, Preserving and Pickling; Confections; Beverages; the Planning of Meals

• “You may throw in a little pine-apple, mamey, lime, and cocoa-plum; but the guava is the thing, and, in case of a long run on the tea-table, will give the most effectual support.”

  The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859

• “The terrestrial ecological balance of the islands has been threatened by the introduction of predators, competing species and exotic plants such as guava, citrus, lantana, quinine, elephant grass and blackberry which invade the territory of native species on abandoned farms.”

  Galápagos National Park & Galápagos Marine Resources Reserve, Ecuador

• “They are especially concentrated on getting control of the expanding problems caused by fast growing plants such as guava (Psidiun guajava), quinine (Chinchona succirubra), lantana shrub (Lantana camara) and elephant grass (Chinchona succirubra).”

  Galápagos Islands xeric scrub

• “In the lower-lying areas, destruction of native vegetation has been virtually complete where clearings have been made for settlement, grazing and agriculture, and regrowth tends to be of invading weed species, including introduced plants such as guava, bitou bush, ferny asparagus and asparagus fern.”

  Lord Howe Island Group, Australia

• “Tropical fruits such as guava, mangos, pineapple, pawpaw, ripe banana, ripe plantain, tangerine, and cashew fruit also contain fermentable sugars with levels varying from 10 to 20 percent.”

  24 Commercialization of Fermented Foods in Sub-Saharan Africa

• “Some of these introduced plants such as guava and African tulip trees grow like weeds, choking out the native plants.”

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