small tree to 33 ft & x28;10 in& x29; high, with spreading branches, the guava is easy to recognize because of its smooth, thin, copper-colored bark that flakes off, showing the greenish layer beneath; and also because of the attractive, & x22;bony& x22; aspect of its trunk which may in time attain a diameter of 10 in & x28;25 cm& x29;. Young twigs are quadrangular and downy. The leaves, aromatic when crushed, are evergreen, opposite, short-petioled, oval or oblong-elliptic, somewhat irregular in outline; 2 3/4 to 6 in & x28;7-15 cm& x29; long, I & x27;A to 2 in & x28;3-5 cm& x29; wide, leathery, with conspicuous parallel veins, and more or less downy on the underside. Faintly fragrant, the white flowers, borne singly or in small clusters in the leaf axils, are 1 in & x28;2.5 cm& x29; wide, with 4 or 5 white petals which are quickly shed, and a prominent tuft of perhaps 250 white stamens tipped with pale-yellow anthers.

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