What is Feijoa?
{{Taxobox | name = Feijoa | image = Acca sellowiana Fruit MHNT Fronton.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = Pineapple guava or feijoa fruit | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Myrtales]] | familia = [[Myrtaceae]] | genus = ''Acca'' | binomial = ''Acca sellowiana''}} The '''feijoa''' is the fruit of '''''Acca sellowiana''''', an [[evergreen]] [[shrub]] or small [[tree]], 1–7 m in height. It comes from the highlands of southern [[Brazil]], parts of [[Colombia]], [[Uruguay]], [[Paraguay]] and northern [[Argentina]]. They are also grown throughout [[Azerbaijan ]], [[Iran]] ([[Ramsar, Mazandaran|Ramsar]]), [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Russia]] ([[Sochi]]), [[New Zealand]] and [[Tasmania]] [[Australia]] . The fruit is also called the 'pineapple [[guava]]' or 'guavasteen'. == Description of fruit and plant == The [[fruit]] matures in [[autumn]] and is green, and about the size and shape of an [[egg (food)|egg]]. It has a sweet, aromatic flavour. The flesh is juicy. The fruit drops when ripe, but can be picked from the tree before to prevent [[bruise|bruising]]. Feijoa fruit have a distinctive smell. The chemical [[methyl benzoate]] smells strongly of feijoas and the aroma of the fruit is caused mostly by this and other closely related chemicals. == Growing conditions == It is a warm-[[temperate]] to [[subtropical]] [[plant]] that will also grow in the [[tropic]]s but requires some winter chilling to fruit. In the [[northern hemisphere]] it has been cultivated as far north as western [[Scotland]] but does not fruit every year, as winter temperatures below about -11&nbsp;°C will kill the flower buds. A lot of feijoa are grown in [[New Zealand]], where the fruit is a popular garden tree and the fruit is commonly available in season. == Eating == The fruit is usually eaten by cutting it in half, then scooping out the [[Pulp (fruit)|pulp]] with a spoon. It is popular in New Zealand to stew them in a pot with sugar and serve hot with van