Acerola

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Name Variations

 * Barbados cherry
 * Puerto Rican cherry
 * West Indian cherry

About Acerola
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Acerola (Malpighia glabra), also known as Barbados Cherry or Wild Crapemyrtle, is a tropical fruit-bearing shrub or small tree in the family Malpighiaceae, native to the West Indies and northern South America. It grows to 3 m tall, with a dense, thorny crown. The leaves are evergreen, simple ovate-lanceolate, 5-10 cm long, with an entire margin. The flowers are produced in umbels of 2-5 together, each flower 1-1.5 cm diameter, with five pink or red petals.

The fruit is bright red, 1 cm diameter, containing 2-3 hard seeds. It is sweet and juicy, and very high in vitamin C and other nutrients. Although resembling a cherry, it is unrelated to the true cherry (Prunus).

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