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Pianta detta Quoiaba1 di queste ne abbonda nel Paese da il suo frutto del mese di marzo è un forma di una mela mu[. . .] ma di poco bono sapore 

Guava plant there is an abundance of them in the Land it makes its fruit from the month of March it is in the shape of an apple [. . .] but does not taste very good

  • 1. Psidium guajava. Cadornega mentions guavas in Angola, see Cadornega and Delgado, História geral das guerras angolanas, 1680[-1681], 3:372.
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