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Guava

Guavas are really delicious! Ripe yellow ones are tasty, but the

crunchy green ones are mouth-watering too, especially when
sprinkled with salt and masala.

Have you seen a guava tree? It is not very tall, possibly as tall as
a single storeyed house. The trunk is slender with a grey-ochre

bark that peels off in strips. The leaves are oval and rough to
touch. The tree is full of beautiful, five-petalled white flowers,

towards the end of winter and then again at the time of the
rains.

When these flowers fall, small green guavas begin to appear. At
first, the fruit is green and hard. As it ripens, it becomes softer

and the colour becomes a creamy gold.

The flesh is white and in the centre, there are lots of woody

seeds. Some guavas have pink flesh. These are also very tasty.
Another type of guava is deep red on the outside.

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