Allahabad Safeda

Variety of Guava · Psidium guajava

India's most famous guava: round, white-fleshed dessert fruit with intense aroma and good shelf life.

Also known as: Allahabad Safida, Safeda

🇮🇳 India 1900

Taste & characteristics

juicysweetaromatic

Medium to large round fruits with smooth light-green to yellow skin and creamy-white, soft, juicy pulp with few seeds.

Vigorous, upright tree well adapted to the subtropical plains of northern India.

High, reliable yields; main crop harvested in winter (northern India).

Parent of the Lucknow 49 selection; the reference standard for white-fleshed dessert guavas worldwide.

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