The wild fruits on our rural mountains like myrtles are very familiar to everyone, and they are the childhood memories of many post-80s and post-90s. Today I would like to introduce you to a wild fruit that is very common in rural areas.
Guava is also known as bale, fruit, plucking, trumpet fan. It is a tree of the family Myrtle, up to 13 m tall; the bark is smooth, gray, flaky and peeling; the young branches are ribbed and hairy. The leaves are leathery, oblong to oval, sharply pointed or blunt at the apex, nearly rounded at the base, slightly rough above, and hairy underneath. The flesh is white and yellow, the placenta is hypertrophied, fleshy, reddish; the seeds are mostly.
Guava is a tropical fruit tree that is highly adaptable. Native to the tropical Americas, it was later introduced to the mainland, and is now cultivated in Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Jiangxi, Yunnan and other provinces, and some places are wild fruit trees.
Because its appearance is very similar to pomegranate, it is called a false pomegranate. Its taste is very special, the nutritional value is very high, this fruit is called guava. The origin of guava is not in China, but in South America, and is a tropical fruit. Guavas are green in appearance and green when ripe. It is very different from ordinary pomegranates.
Guava is also known as chicken poop fruit in some places, because some people say that the taste of guava is very similar to, although the appearance is not good, but after cutting, this is the value of the fruit industry is particularly high, the flesh moisture content is very large, very popular in the market. Guava has a very large attraction, it has a high nutritional value, rich in very rich vitamin C and protein is three times the average fruit.
It can also make jelly and ice cream, and is widely used in diet. In recent years, guava has gradually entered the market, selling for 10 to 15 yuan a catty in the market. Therefore, there are also many people who cultivate the method, and they have been planted in large quantities by farmer friends and are very popular in the market.