Guava

Psidium guajava

fruit

A fragrant fruit with white or pink flesh full of seeds, from a twisted little tree of tropical America whose bark peels off in patches. 100 g provide 228 mg of vitamin C — three to four times an orange — and 5 g of fibre, with lycopene.

Origin

Tropical America

Season (United States)

all year round · grows in your region

Preparation

Everything is eaten: the thin skin and the hard seeds, swallowed without crunching.

Molecules

Ellagitannins · Lycopene · Vitamin CIn small amounts, not counted Beta-carotene (vitamin A)

Did you know?

The peoples of the Americas prized it, and made a tea from guava bark against diarrhoea.