What is Guava?
{{Taxobox | name = Guava | image = Psidium guajava.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Myrtales]] | familia = [[Myrtaceae]] | genus = '''''Psidium''''' | genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]}} '''Guavas''' are plants in the [[genus]] ''Psidium'' of the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Myrtaceae]]. There are about 100 [[species]] of [[tropical]] [[shrub]]s and small [[tree]]s in the genus. They are [[Indigenous (ecology)|native]] to [[Mexico]], the [[Caribbean]], [[Central America]] and the northern part of [[South America]]. Now they are found in all the tropical, and in some [[subtropical]], regions because they are [[edible]] [[fruit]]s. Guava are also a kind of [[berry]] fruit on those plants. There are many kinds of guavas. The most common guava is the [[apple guava]] (''Psidium guajava''): it is so common that the word 'guava' usually refers to this species. Red guavas are called marooonguava. In 100 g of guava are 200 mg of vitamin C, which means that guavas have five times more vitamin C than [[oranges]]. {{-}} {{Multistub|biology|food}} [[Category:Myrtaceae]] [[category:Tropical fruit]]