Guava

Guava is one type of fruit plants shrubs, in English called Lambo Guava. This plant comes from the Brazilian Central America, spread to Thailand and then to other Asian countries like Indonesia. Until now this has been cultivated and spread widely in the areas of Java. Guava is often referred to as guava, guava siki, or pink stones. Guava is then carried out a cross by cuttings or grafting with other types, so finally getting greater results with fewer seeds circumstances do not even have seeds that are named Guava Bangkok since the occurrence of Bangkok.

Investment Centers

Guava is cultivated in countries such as Japan, Malaysia, Brazil and others. In Indonesia, Java Island is the center of the largest planting of guava fruit, among others, in DKI Jakarta, West Java, Central Java, Yogyakarta Region, and East Java. The other is the production center of Sumatra and Kalimantan. In recent years this has grown guava guava and later appeared in the city of Bangkok are cultured Kleri, Karawang regency, West Java.

Types of Plants

From a number of types of guava, there are several popular varieties of guava are grown by selecting people and its economic value is relatively higher among:

1. Guava breadfruit (seedless guava that grows partenokarpi and when grown close to the guava seed will tend to return).
2. Guava bangkok (large fruit, thick flesh and few seeds, it was a bit bland). After the mixture was held with cashew milk turns sour-sour taste sweet.
3. Guava.
4. Cashew market week.
5. Guava juice.
6. Jmabu apples.
7. Guava Palembang.
8. Guava brittle.


Benefits of Plants

1. For fresh fruit and processed foods that have nutritional and vitamin A and vitamin C are high, with a sugar content of 8%. Guava has a distinctive flavor and aroma is caused by the compound eugenol.
2. As a barrier tree in the yard and as an ornamental plant.
3. Leaves and roots can also be used as a drug tadisional.
4. The wood can be made a variety of kitchen tools because it has a strong and hard wood.
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GROWTH CONDITIONS

Climate
Guava cultivation in the wind plays a role in pollination, but strong winds can cause hair loss on the interest.
Guava plants are tropical plants and can be grown in sub-tropical regions with the necessary intensity of rainfall ranges between 1000-2000 mm / year and evenly throughout the year.
Guava plants can flourish and bear fruit with optimum at temperatures around 23-28 degrees C during the day. Lack of sunlight can cause a decrease or less than perfect results (dwarf), the ideal season flowering and fruiting during the dry season is around July-September was the fruit season occurs in November-February along the rainy season.
Surrounding air humidity tends to be low because most grow in the lowlands and moderate. When the air has low humidity, dry air is due to poor water vapor. Such conditions are suitable for the growth of guava plants bij.

Media Plant
Guava plants can actually grow on all soil types.
Guava can grow well on land that is fertile and friable, and contains many elements of nitrogen, organic matter or clay in the soil conditions and a little sand.
The degree of soil acidity (pH) is not too much different from other plants, which is between 4.5 to 8.2 and when pH is less than it needs to be done in advance of calcification.

Altitude Place
Guava can flourish in the tropics with a height between 5-1200 m above sea level.