Tropical Plant "Cas guava"
Psidium friedrichsthalianum

Characteristics - The Cas Guava is an exotic fruit bearer, seldom cultivated in Brazil, having been introduced by the UNESP in 1986. It is native to the seasonally flooded forests of Central American, from southern Mexico to northern South America. It is a semi-deciduous tree, 4-6 m tall, with quadrangular, pubescent branches, reddish in color. Leaves chartaceous, glabrous, 4-10 cm long, with 8 pairs of secondary nerves, quite visible on the inferior surface. Flowers solitary, white, fragrant, about 2 cm in diameter, form in November-December. The fruits are globose berries, crowned by persistent, hard sepals, with a succulent pulp, aromatic and acidic in flavor, they ripen in January and February.

Uses - The fruits are consumed in natura, in the form of  juices and also made into sweets and jellies.

Propagation - Propagated by seeds.