Malpighiaceae
Wild crapemyrtle
Malpighia glabra
- Family
- Malpighiaceae
- Genus
- Malpighia
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Common names
By language (33)
- Arabic
- ملبيغة جرداء, ملبيغيا جرداء
- arz
- ملبيغه جرداء
- Bulgarian
- Ацерола
- Catalan
- Acerola
- Chinese
- 西印度樱桃, 西印度櫻桃, 黃褥花, 光叶金虎尾, 亮叶金虎尾, 光滑金虎尾, 巴贝多樱桃, 阿西罗拉
- Czech
- Malpígie lysá, Acerola lysá
- Dutch
- Acerola, Acerola kers, Acerolakers, Azerola, Barbadoskers, Barbadoskersenboom, West-Indische kers, Westindische kers
- English
- Wild crapemyrtle, Barbados cherry
- Esperanto
- Acerolo
- Finnish
- Barbadoksenakerola, Acerola
- frr
- Acerola
- German
- Acerola, Acerolakirsche, Ahornkirsche, Antillenkirsche, Barbados-Kirsche, Puerto-Rico-Kirsche, Westindische Kirsche
- guc
- Jaipai
- Hebrew
- אסרולה
- Italian
- Acerola
- Japanese
- バルバドスチェリー, アセロラ, バルバドスサクラ, バルバドスザクラ
- Malayalam
- വെസ്റ്റ് ഇന്ത്യൻ ചെറി, Barbados cherry, West Indian cherry, വെസ്റ്റ്ഇന്ത്യൻ ചെറി
- pam
- Acerola
- pap
- Shimaruku
- Persian
- آسرولا, اسرولا
- Polish
- Malpigia granatolistna, Acerola
- Portuguese
- Acerola, Aceroleira, Cereja-das-antilhas
- Romanian
- Acerola
- Russian
- Мальпигия голая, Ацерола, Барбадосская вишня
- Serbian
- Малпигхиа емаргината, Acerola, Barbadoska trešnja, Karibska trešnja
- Slovenian
- Acerola
- Spanish
- Cereza de Barbados, Cereza de Jamaica, Cereza de las Antillas, Cereza de las Indias Occidentales, Malphigia glabra, Semeruco
- srn
- ACEROLA
- Swedish
- Acerola
- Thai
- เชอร์รีสเปน, อะเซโรลาเชอรี่
- Tongan
- ʻAselola
- Turkish
- Barbados kirazı
- Vietnamese
- Sơ ri
Synonyms
- Malpighia biflora Poir.
- Malpighia fallax Salisb.
- Malpighia glabra subsp. undulata (A.Juss.) F.K.Mey.
- Malpighia glabra var. acuminata A.Juss.
- Malpighia glabra var. antillana Urb. & Nied.
- Malpighia glabra var. guatemalensis Nied.
- Malpighia glabra var. lancifolia Nied.
- Malpighia glabra var. undulata Nied.
- Malpighia myrtifolia Desf.
- Malpighia neumanniana A.Juss.
- Malpighia oxycocca var. biflora (Poir.) Nied.
- Malpighia peruviana Moric.
- Malpighia punicifolia L.
- Malpighia semeruco A.Juss.
- Malpighia undulata A.Juss.
- Malpighia uniflora Tussac
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May, September to December (from 295 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: earl woolsey, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Center for Urban Ecology, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: johnyochum, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Center for Urban Ecology, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: johnyochum, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: marytmn, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Center for Urban Ecology, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eric Gaba, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Gary Rogers, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jared Shorma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.