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
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9🇮🇳 India 1900
Taste & characteristics
Taste
juicysweetaromatic
Profile
- Pollination
- self-fertile
- Fruit weight
- 200 g
Description
Fruit
Medium to large round fruits with smooth light-green to yellow skin and creamy-white, soft, juicy pulp with few seeds.
Growth
Vigorous, upright tree well adapted to the subtropical plains of northern India.
Yield
High, reliable yields; main crop harvested in winter (northern India).
Notes
Parent of the Lucknow 49 selection; the reference standard for white-fleshed dessert guavas worldwide.
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