Guava is a tropical fruit with sweet, fragrant flesh that can be pink, white, or yellow and is filled with small seeds. The tree’s leaves and fruit are used in juices, jams, and traditional medicines.
From Spanish “guayaba,” from Arawak (Taino) “guayabo,” the name for the tree and its fruit. Europeans borrowed the word along with the plant from the Americas.
When you say “guava,” you’re speaking a little piece of Indigenous Caribbean language. The fruit’s name traveled across oceans with explorers and traders, but its sound still carries its American rainforest roots.
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