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Useful properties and application recipes guava


Botanical characteristics of guava

Guava is a small tree or shrub, the height of which is not more than 4.5 meters. This tree is suitable for almost all climatic conditions. Leaves to 15 cm long are oval in shape. Single flowers of plants collected in groups in the leaf axils. Large white flowers have many stamens are white-green. Guava fruit is round, pear-like or oval, with a pleasant musky aroma. Inside the fruit is yellow, pink or red pulp with many hard seeds (100-500 seeds).

The bark of the guava and unripe fruits possess the highest biological value. Guava can grow in dry and in wet climate. Young tree very sensitive to frost. For guava suitable heavy clay, sand, gravel, and even limestone. The plant responds well to drainage of the soil. Given the fact that guava is a shallow root system, the tree need to be watered.

Guavas can bloom the whole year. There are types of wood that need cross-pollination. Many varieties of guava are pollinated themselves. You can take a brush and gently move the pollen from one flower to another, thereby increase the number of useful ovaries. Guava fruits ripen 3-5 months after flowering period. The fruit of the plant contains large amounts of vitamin C, so they are recommended for colds and flu.

Most often guava is propagated by seeds, which germinate in 14-20 days. Guava and propagated by using cuttings, but rooting it is necessary to create high temperature and relative humidity.


What are the advantages of guava?

Guava has antimicrobial, antibacterial, astringent and antispasmodic action. The guava contains a lot of fiber, b vitamins, calcium, phosphorus, proteins and fats.

Guava – a fruit that contains more vitamin C than oranges. For this reason, it is recommended to take and people who want to strengthen the lymphatic system and to raise the tone of the body.

Nutritionists say that guava should be part of meals consumed by lactating mothers and children, because it strengthens the immune system and is a regenerative tool.

The fruits take guava in diarrhea, asthma, bronchitis, pneumonia, sore throat. Fresh leaves have a healing property, so they are used in skin diseases,boils and even for toothache.

From the leaves of the guava can prepare a tea that helps with indigestion, dizziness, menstrual disorders and dysentery.

Guava is widely used in folk medicine using leaves, bark and flowers of plants. A decoction prepared from the leaves is used as a great cough medicine, mouthwash, throat, ulcers, as a reduction of pain. A decoction of guava is used for skin diseases or as antipyretic. If you make a combined decoction of bark with leaves, we get a means of separating the placenta after childbirth.

Pests and diseases of guava

Guava trees may be damaged by the citrus flat mite, mites, aphids and caterpillars. Guava leaves is very fond of the may beetle. The juice from the leaf sucking aphids. If the fungus will appear and it will multiply, it will lead to the death of the tree. As soon as the tree is to be seen pests, you should immediately take all measures for their destruction. For example, a very good effect is given volatile, mulching and simple solution of the copper.


Contraindications to the use of guava

Contraindications to the use of guava is not available, but you should know that it contains many hard seeds, which can occur irritation of the throat.