Species of guava found mostly in Costa Rica but also grown in Guatemala, Nicaragua and other Central American countries. It can be found in Nicaragua as "guava for drinking" or "fresco de guava". This fruit is commonly used to prepare a sour and refreshing drink. It has been successfully grown in California now and can be grown from seed in mild higher regions.
They are generally small trees, some reach a size up to 10 m high; with twigs glabrous or sometimes appressed-pubescent, quadrangular, each angle generally winged. Leaves generally elliptical, some oblong, 4.7โ12.5 cm long and 2.5โ5 cm wide, apex shortly acuminate or acute, base acute to wedge-shaped or rounded, glabrous; petiolated. Flowers generally solitary or occasionally in dicasia with sessile central flower, peduncles up to 4 cm long, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, filiform bracteoles, up to 1.5 mm long; hypanthus 2โ5 mm long, glabrous; calyx dividing during anthesis into 3 irregular segments or wolves up to 1 cm long. Fruits globose or oval, 3โ5 cm long.2 Also, in some very mature, easily removable edible worms.
