Guava trees grow wild on Barbados, and there are several different varieties. The one pictured here is the more common one with pink flesh, but there is another much larger variety that has thick white flesh and is my personal favourite.
The bark of the guava tree is smooth and mottled as shown here, and the dark green leaves are coarse and rough. Small white flowers produce fruit anywhere from about an inch and a half in diameter to something the size of a large apple, and filled with dozens of small seeds that you can just crunch up and eat.
Here in Barbados, guavas are used to make a dessert stew (very delicious), jelly, jam, cheese (a fudge-like sweet), ice cream and as a drink. Unfortunately, in most of these products the tedious job of peeling and removing the seeds has to be done first.
You can, of course, eat a guava as a fruit though some can be a bit sour. Find the right tree and you’ve got a delicious and healthy fruit.
If you would like to read more about Barbados, take a look at my other blog, Things Barbados.
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