Lalit
A CISH pink-fleshed variety, attractive and good for both table and processing. Not yet individually researched for a detail page.
Quick facts
- Crop
- Guava
- Type
- Planting material
- Season
- All seasons
- Maturity period
- Winter crop
- Expected yield
- High
- Suitable soil
- Loam
- Release
- Released around 1999–2000 · ICAR-CISH (Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture), Lucknow
About this variety
Lalit, released around 1999–2000 by ICAR-CISH (Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture), Lucknow, is a firm, pink-fleshed guava with saffron-yellow skin and a red blush, prized for both fresh table use and processing. Sources give two different accounts of its origin — one describing it as a cross of Allahabad Safeda and a Chinese guava, another as a seedling selection from a half-sib apple guava population — not reconciled this phase.
Key characteristics
Yield & maturity
Maturity period
Winter crop
Expected yield
High
Actual yield depends on sowing time, soil, irrigation, weather, seed quality and crop management.
Pest & disease considerations
Major diseases
- Moderate
Advantages & considerations
Things to consider
- Two conflicting parentage narratives were found — a formal cross (Allahabad Safeda × Chinese guava) versus a seedling/half-sib selection from apple guava — neither traced to a single authoritative primary source this phase; presented as unresolved rather than picking one.
- Fruit weight and TSS figures vary across sources: 185–200 g fruit weight and 12–14% TSS in most trade/extension material, versus 171.71 g and 9.7–10°Brix in one academic evaluation study — the gap is plausible as different growing conditions/tree ages rather than a real contradiction, but not reconciled into one figure.
- Yield figures range widely by tree age — 16.45 kg/tree in one young-orchard evaluation study versus roughly 100 kg/plant by year six under improved practice in trade material — both are plausibly correct at different tree maturities, and neither is used to override this record's existing 'High' yieldPotential rating.
Suitable regions
States this variety is recommended for — check locally, since a state can have more than one recommended zone.
- Uttar Pradesh
Frequently asked questions
When and where was Lalit guava released?
Around 1999–2000, by ICAR-CISH (Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture), Lucknow.
What is Lalit's parentage?
Sources disagree — one describes a formal cross of Allahabad Safeda and Chinese guava, another a seedling selection from a half-sib apple guava population. Not resolved this phase.
What does the fruit look like and taste like?
Saffron-yellow skin with a red blush, firm pink flesh, roughly 185–200 g per fruit (one academic study recorded 171.71 g), sweet with 12–14% TSS (one study recorded 9.7–10°Brix).
How much does a Lalit guava tree yield?
Reported figures range widely by tree age and management — from 16.45 kg/tree in a young-orchard study to roughly 100 kg/plant by year six under improved cultural practices.
Is Lalit resistant to wilt?
Not specifically confirmed this phase — CISH's broader wilt-resistance breeding work (using Psidium molle crosses) is a separate research thread, and no source directly addressed Lalit's own wilt response. This record's existing 'Moderate' diseaseResistance rating is left as the working reference.