What does «arazá» mean in Spanish?
- Tree of the Myrtaceae family with a wide and leafy crown, from 2.5 to 10 m high; native of tropical America that has become feral in other tropical areas of the planet; it has consistent and flexible wood and golden yellow edible fruit. Scientific name: Psidium guajava. Other common names: guava of the Antilles, carhuas-sahuintu of Peru, savintu of Peru, green-zahuintu of Peru, xalxocotl.
- Tree that bears edible fruit, a variety of guava (Psidium) similar to the common guava (Psidium guajava). Its fruit has a very pleasant flavor, and although its appearance is almost the same as that of the common guava, its flavor is somewhat different. Scientific name: Psidium cattleianum Other common names: Peruvian guava, guayabita del Perú, güisaro or red arazá (Argentina and Uruguay).
- Shrub up to 10 m high of the Myrtaceae family, native to the western Amazon region. It is also known as Amazonian guava. Its fruit has excellent flavor and aroma, is light green in color and turns yellowish or orange when ripe. Its cultivation has spread in Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru and Brazil. Scientific name: Eugenia stipitata.
- Fruit of this tree; guava.