Guavaberry

Myrciaria floribunda

fruit

Small orange or purple berries with a resinous, spicy taste, steeped in rum for Sint Maarten's Christmas liqueur.

Origin

Caribbean and tropical America

Season (United States)

September to December

Preparation

The berries are rinsed and macerated for several weeks in rum with spices; fresh, they are eaten raw, spitting out the seed.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Pectins · Anthocyanins · Insoluble fibers

Did you know?

In the Virgin Islands and Saint Martin, guavaberry songs are sung at Christmas.