Guava (Psidium guajava) Varieties

The tropical guava is found in numerous varieties, many of which look quite different from each other. Below is a list of just a few of the common types:

Beaumont Red - Most popular commercial variety in Hawaiil. Produces very large, green and sometimes slightly yellow fruits with a pink flesh. Some fruits can weigh up to a pound.

Mexican Cream - Medium sized, yellow skinned guava with spicy, cream-colored flesh

Pear - Medium sized, pear shaped guava with yellow or greenish tinged skin. Flesh is orange-pink, well-flavored, usually with few seeds. pictures, seeds available

Red Indian - Medium sized, yellow fleshed fruit, sometimes with a red tint. Flesh is red, sweet, with many seeds.

Red Malaysian - Red colored guava, with pink-red flesh. This variety is unique not just for its fruit, but its for its foliage, which is tinted a deep red color. The flowers are bright pink. The Red Malaysian guava is often grown for ornamental purposes as well as fruit. pictures, seeds available

Ruby - Red-fleshed guava with small, but sweet fruit.

South African - Yellow skinned, pink fleshed guava with medium sized fruit.

White Indian - Small to medium sized fruit with white flesh. pictures, seeds available

see also, Strawberry Guava