Delicious photos, Is this tree from Region of Tropical America? On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 12:17 PM, raman <raman_arunacha...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> One of the most gregarious of fruit trees, the guava of the Bottlebrush > family, is almost universally known by its common English name or its > equivalent in other languages. A small tree to 33 ft (10 in) high, with > spreading branches, the guava is easy to recognize because of its smooth, > thin, copper-colored bark that flakes off, showing the greenish layer > beneath; and also because of the attractive, "bony" aspect of its trunk > which may in time attain a diameter of 10 in (25 cm) Faintly fragrant, the > white flowers, borne singly or in small clusters in the leaf axils, are 1 > in (2.5 cm) wide, with 4 or 5 white petals which are quickly shed, and a > prominent tuft of perhaps 250 white stamens tipped with pale-yellow > anthers. The fruit, exuding a strong, sweet, musky odor when ripe, may be > round, ovoid, or pear-shaped, 2 to 4 in (5-10 cm) long, with 4 or 5 > protruding floral remnants (sepals) at the apex; and thin, light-yellow > skin, frequently blushed with pink. > > Raman > -- Muthu Karthick, N Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 0091 96268 33911 www.careearthtrust.org
