Guava, Amrud Allahabadi - 0.5 kg Seeds

Allahabad Safeda Guava (Psidium guajava) is the renowned white-fleshed selection of guava, a small, hardy evergreen tree bearing fragrant, vitamin-C-rich fruit with smooth green skin and crisp, sweet, cream-coloured flesh. It is among the most important and adaptable fruit trees grown in India.

Cultivated across almost all states, and famously around Prayagraj (Allahabad) in Uttar Pradesh, guava thrives on a wide range of soils and tolerates both drought and brief waterlogging once established. Beyond its commercial and homestead fruit, the leaves and bark are widely used in traditional medicine for digestive and antiseptic remedies, and the tree begins fruiting within a few years.

• Family: Myrtaceae
• Native region: tropical America (long naturalised in India)
• Mature height: 3–8 m
• Growth rate: moderate to fast

Seeds have a hard coat, so soak them in water for 24–48 hours (or briefly in warm water) to speed and even out germination before sowing about 1 cm deep in trays of well-drained mix. Kept warm (25–32 °C) and moist, seedlings emerge over roughly 21–30 days, sometimes longer. Prick them into polybags once a few true leaves form and grow on in part shade; note that seedling guavas vary from the parent, so named types are usually also grafted.