Malpighia glabra
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Malpighia glabra {Malpighiaceae} Barbados Cherry, Acerola, Escobillo Barbados Cherry, Acerola, Escobillo A tropical American tree. Fruit has a high vitamin C content and calcium and iron among its minerals. A slow grower which will reach 10 feet in a favorable environment, but only about 6 feet when container grown. Has a shrubby growth habit; young leaves are wine colored turning dark green. A tough, versatile plant that will grow in most soils, but will do better in a composted sandy loam. The thin-skinned fruit is cherry-like, red to crimson, semi-sweet to acid. Bears in its third year. Fruit is borne on previous year's growth and ripens a few days after flowering. Propagation is by seeds but generally from cuttings in the summer and airlayering.
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| Page title: | Malpighia glabra {Malpighiaceae} Barbados Cherry, Acerola, Escobillo |
| Keywords: | tropical fruit FOODTOUR Malpighia glabra Barbados Cherry, Acerola, Escobillo Texas south to South America Malpighiaceae |
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| IP-address: | 137.99.46.57 |
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| NS | Name Servers: MSB-CACHE.NET.UCONN.EDU 137.99.25.11 HBL-CACHE.NET.UCONN.EDU 137.99.203.22 |
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| Date | activated: 18-Aug-1987 last updated: 07-Jun-2013 expires: 31-Jul-2014 |