Acerola
Layer: Shrubs
USDA Hardiness Zone: 10 - 12
Edible: Yes
Edible parts: Fruit
Edible uses: Drink
Light requirement: Full sun, Partial sun/shade
Water requirement: Moist
Soil texture preferences: Light sandy, Medium, Heavy clay
Native To: Belize, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua
Introduced To: Belize, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua
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- Alternate name
- Barbados cherry, west indian cherry, wild crapemyrtle, cereza
- Family
- Malpighiaceae
- Growth
- Medium
- Height
- 4.0
- Introduced into
- Aruba, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.
- Plants for a future
- https://pfaf.org/User/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Malpighia emarginata
- Plants of the world online
- https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:323670-2
- Wikipedia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malpighia_emarginata
Slug: malpighia-emarginata-acerola
Permapeople ID: 6190