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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Guavaberry
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Myrtales]]
| familia = [[Myrtaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Myrciaria]]''
| species = '''''M. floribunda'''''
| binomial = ''Myrciaria floribunda''
| binomial_authority = Berg.
}}
The '''guavaberry''' or '''rumberry''' (''Myrciaria floribunda'' or ''Eugenia Floribunda'') is a [[fruit]] tree which grows in the [[Caribbean]]. The guavaberry, which should not be confused with the [[guava]], is a close relative of [[Camu Camu]].
Guavaberry trees or shrubs grow in a variety of shapes and sizes up to 60 feet high. They have red-brown branches and small pink and white flowers. The fruit, which are roughly half the size of [[cherry|cherries]], are yellow-orange or dark-red and contain a small amount of transculent flesh
surrounding a stone.
Guavaberry trees can be found growing wild in [[Central America]], [[South America]], [[Cuba]], [[Dominican Republic]], [[Haiti]], [[Jamaica]], [[Puerto Rico]], and on many islands in the [[Lesser Antilles]]. The guavaberry has also been introduced to [[Florida]], [[Hawaii]], [[Bermuda]], and the [[Philippines]].
[[Image:GuavaberryEmporium.jpg|thumb|left|220px|''Guavaberry Emporium, [[Sint Maarten]]'']]
Guavaberry is used to make [[jam]]s and drinks. Guavaberry [[liqueur]], which is made from [[rum]], is a common [[Christmas]] drink on many of the islands, particularly in [[Sint Maarten]] and the [[Virgin Islands]]. Guavaberry is also used for [[medicinal]] purposes.
==External links==
*http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/rumberry_ars.html
*http://www.guavaberry.com/
{{Fruit-stub}}
{{Myrtaceae-stub}}
[[Category:fruit]]
[[Category:Myrtaceae]]
[[Category:Trees of the Caribbean]]
[[Category:Trees of Central America]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = Guavaberry
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Myrtales]]
| familia = [[Myrtaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Myrciaria]]''
| species = '''''M. floribunda'''''
| binomial = ''Myrciaria floribunda''
| binomial_authority = Berg.
}}
The '''guavaberry''' or '''rumberry''' (''Myrciaria floribunda'' or ''Eugenia Floribunda'') is a [[fruit]] tree which grows in the [[Caribbean]]. The guavaberry, which should not be confused with the [[guava]], is a close relative of [[Camu Camu]].
Guavaberry trees or shrubs grow in a variety of shapes and sizes up to 60 feet high. They have red-brown branches and small pink and white flowers. The fruit, which are roughly half the size of [[cherry|cherries]], are yellow-orange or dark-red and contain a small amount of transculent flesh
surrounding a stone.
Guavaberry trees can be found growing wild in [[Central America]], [[South America]], [[Cuba]], [[Dominican Republic]], [[Haiti]], [[Jamaica]], [[Puerto Rico]], and on many islands in the [[Lesser Antilles]]. The guavaberry has also been introduced to [[Florida]], [[Hawaii]], [[Bermuda]], and the [[Philippines]].
[[Image:GuavaberryEmporium.jpg|thumb|left|220px|''Guavaberry Emporium, [[Sint Maarten]]'']]
Guavaberry is used to make [[jam]]s and drinks. Guavaberry [[liqueur]], which is made from [[rum]], is a common [[Christmas]] drink on many of the islands, particularly in [[Sint Maarten]] and the [[Virgin Islands]]. Guavaberry is also used for [[medicinal]] purposes.
==External links==
*http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/rumberry_ars.html
*http://www.guavaberry.com/
{{Fruit-stub}}
{{Myrtaceae-stub}}
[[Category:fruit]]
[[Category:Myrtaceae]]
[[Category:Trees of the Caribbean]]
[[Category:Trees of Central America]]
