Malpighiaceae
Barbados cherry
Malpighia emarginata
- Family
- Malpighiaceae
- Genus
- Malpighia
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Common names
By language (16)
- Arabic
- ملبيغة غائرة القمة, الأسيرولا, الكرز الهندي, كرز هندي, ملبيغيا عديمة الحواف, ملبيغيا غائرة القمة
- Bosnian
- Acerola
- Catalan
- Acerola
- Chinese
- 西印度櫻桃
- English
- Barbados cherry, Acerola, West Indian cherry, Wild crapemyrtle, Acerola, nancerol
- Finnish
- Barbadoksenakerola
- French
- Acerola, Acerolier, Acérole, Cerise des antilles, Cerise des Barbades, Cerisier-pays
- Indonesian
- Acerola
- Japanese
- アセロラ
- Korean
- 아세롤라
- Malayalam
- വെസ്റ്റ് ഇന്ത്യൻ ചെറി
- Manipuri
- ꯑꯦꯁꯤꯔꯣꯂꯥ
- mwl
- Acerola
- Persian
- ماپیقیا امارگیناتا
- Portuguese
- Acerola, Azerola, Cerejeira-das-antilhas, Cerejeira-do-pará
- Spanish
- Acerola
Synonyms
- Malpighia berteroana Spreng.
- Malpighia lanceolata Griseb.
- Malpighia lancifolia (Nied.) F.K.Mey.
- Malpighia punicifolia var. lancifolia Nied.
- Malpighia punicifolia var. obovata Nied.
- Malpighia punicifolia var. vulgaris Nied.
- Malpighia retusa Benth.
- Malpighia umbellata Rose
Flowers
- In flower
- March to June, August to December (from 82 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: The Great Walter, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tiago Lubiana, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Luan Mazzeo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Diogo Luiz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eric Gaba, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Maria Janeiro, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Diogo Luiz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Diogo Luiz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.