guava (gwava)

[= Sp. Pg. guayaba (NL. Guayava ), of the fruit, known as the red or apple-shaped and the white or pear shaped guava. The pulp is of an agreeable acid flavor, and is made Section of Fruit of Psidium Guayava. into jelly, marmalade, etc. P. montanum is known in Jamaica as mountain - guava. - Black guava, the Guettarda argentea, a rubiaceous tree of Jamaica, bearing a black, globose, pulpy fruit.