The leaf blade is ovate to ovatelanceolate, pointed or briefly. Malpighia glabra, a glabrous shrub, grows to 10 ft. Department of agriculture agricultural research service. Imagine a global collaborative knowledge base for original thoughts. Malpighia glabra health effects and herbal facts malpighia glabra is a tropical fruitbearing shrub or small tree in the family malpighiaceae. Search thousands of articles and collaborate with scientists around the globe. The plants database includes the following 8 species of malpighia. It grows in any kind of soils as long as it drains. The fruit of this plant, used to make jellies and preserves and as a nutritional supplement. Malpighia glabra malpighia glabra health effects and herbal facts.
Images 29 synonyms 53 references 31 subordinate taxa. Without coaxing or pampering, this 34foot native produces small pink and white flowers, attracting butterflies with the sweet nectar. You can use it in your daily design, your own artwork and your team project. Acerola fruit also contains vitamin a, thiamine, riboflavin and niacin. Maximum height 30 feet ours gets 25 ft tall on the northwest side of houston. Malpighia species, acerola, barbados cherry, manzanita, wild. It is possible that some individual with a taste for exotic fruit. Click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles. Media in category malpighia glabra the following 49 files are in this category, out of 49 total. Pongamia glabra evergreen asiatic tree having glossy pinnate leaves and racemose creamywhite scented flowers.
This page was last edited on 25 november 2014, at 02. Ilex glabra, commonly called inkberry or gallberry, is a slowgrowing, uprightrounded, stoloniferous, broadleaf evergreen shrub in the holly family. Minuartia glabra, commonly called appalachian stichwort, is a species of flowering plant in the carnation family caryophyllaceae. Barbados cherry malpighia glabra known as acerola, the sweet cherry like fruit has an extremely high concentration of vitamin c. Its natural habitat is areas of siliceous rock outcrops, which include granite, sandstone, gneiss, and schist. Growing in full sun or partial shade, barbados cherry needs fertile, nematode free soil and is not salttolerant. Fruit of barbados cherr y use and management this open, upright, evergreen shrub grows at a slow pace to 12 feet tall and wide, making it wellsuited as a foundation planting for larger buildings or used in the rear of the shrubbery border. Malpighia glabra, barbados cherry, acerola, malphigia. Malpighia species, acerola, barbados cherry, manzanita. Other articles where malpighia glabra is discussed. Genetic resources of tropical and subtropical fruits. It is native to the eastern united states, where it has a scattered distribution.
Malpighiaceae barbados cherry, acerola, malphigia, cerejeira origin. Clusters of pink flowers and fruit form along the stems intermittently through out the year. Malpighia glabra mlpgloverview eppo global database. Lady bird johnson wildflower center focused on protecting and preserving north americas native plants through native plant lists and image galleries, conservation, education, natural landscapes, seed collection millennium seed bank msb project, preserving and restoring native communities, spreading awareness on invasive species and gardening to attract wildlife.
Malpighia glabra is an evergreen shrub growing to 6 m 19ft by 6 m 19ft at a medium rate. Used in jellies, jams, freezes without losing its vitamin c content. Download free png barbados cherry malpighia glabra auglis. Page designed through the cooperative efforts of interagency itis teams. While every effort has been made to provide the most reliable and uptodate information available, ultimate legal requirements with respect to species are contained in.
Malpighiaceae barbadoscherry, acerola, dwarf pink mound, malphigia, cerejeira origin. If plant size is not mentioned, available big plants will be shipped. Malpighia glabra is a tropical fruitbearing shrub or small tree in the family malpighiaceae. Acerola malpighia glabra synonyms common names related terms acerola fruits, antilles cherry, barbados cherry, cereadopara, cerejadasantillhas, cereso, malpighia emarginata dc, malpighia glabra l. It was introduced in brazil about 50 years back, in. A downloadable pdf document of a book in prepublication awaiting illustration. Malpighia glabra wikispecies wikispecies, free species. Acerola malpighia glabra plante profiler sigmaaldrich. Densely branched shrub with deep shiny green leaves. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page.
Barbados cherry malpighia fucata palo bronco malpighia glabra wild crapemyrtle malpighia infestissima cowhage cherry malpighia. Acerola, also known as west indian cherry, barbados cherry or cherry of antilhas malpighia glabra l. Bougainvillea glabra is a woody and thornstemmed, evergreen vine with glossy, dark green leaves, tiny white flowers and glorious magenta floral bracts, the colours of which can be so strong they appear to vibrate. Barbados cherry is the wild malpighia glabra, which has been the subject of some taxonomic confusion with the cultivated species. The plants will flower for most of the year, especially in warmer climates. Pongamia glabra definition of pongamia glabra by the. Malpighia peruviana moricand malpighia punicifolia l. Later, the freezing front moves to the positions l 5, 10.
It can be noted that the first position to freeze is the one located at l 0 mm, because the heat is removed by the liquid nitrogen at the bottom of the tray. Malpighia glabra article about malpighia glabra by the. Media in category malpighia glabrathe following 49 files are in this category, out of 49 total. Malpighia glabra lady bird johnson wildflower center. Pongamia glabra noun the noun pongamia glabra has 1 sense 1. The results can also be downloaded as a csv file unicode utf8 encoding see status, confidence level, source for definitions. Malpighia glabra is a tropical fruit bearing shrub or small tree in the family malpighiaceae. Malpighia glabra escobillo, acerola pfaf plant database. Ornamentally it is considered a very desirable small shrub for many. Smarty pants, i am planting native malpighia in a raised bed that was specially prepared for growing roses soil and amendments. It has often been confused with the cultivated crop tree m. It is similar to gracilis, however this cultivar features smooth culms and culm sheaths and is more open clumping. Ilex glabra plant finder missouri botanical garden.
Malpighia glabra article about malpighia glabra by the free. Pongamia glabra synonyms, pongamia glabra pronunciation, pongamia glabra translation, english dictionary definition of pongamia glabra. Plant database entry for barbados cherry malpighia glabra with 11 images, 2 comments, and 28 data details. The main constituents of green or ripe acerola malpighia punicifolia include ascorbic acid, dehydroascorbic acid, and diketogulonic acids 5. It is an evergreen, climbing shrub with thick, thorny stems and drooping branches that are glabrous or sparsely hairy.
Itis taxonomy is based on the latest scientific consensus available, and is provided as a general reference source for interested parties. In the north, barbados cherry will still flower on. The barbados cherry or acerola, malpighia glabra, also known as m. Acerola malpighia glabra, also known as the yellow flower mattress, acerola cherries, with ornamental fruit tree and ornamental purposes in. Cameron and hidalgo counties in southernmost texas, mexico, central and south america, and the west indies provide a home for barbados cherry, usually found growing in brushy areas and palm groves along the roadsides and in salty clay areas.
Usda, ars, germplasm resources information network. Malpighia glabra definition of malpighia glabra by. Malpighia punicifolia nana, barbadoscherry, acerola. Malpighia glabra synonyms, malpighia glabra antonyms. The epithet glabra comes from latin and means bald. In the cumberland mountains, this species is a major component of. Plants profile for malpighia glabra wild crapemyrtle. Bougainvillea glabra, the lesser bougainvillea or paperflower, is the most common species of bougainvillea used for bonsai. Download fulltext pdf freezedrying of acerola malpighia glabra l. As an example of the temperature variation of the sample during the freezing, fig. Malpighia plant prefers full sun for fruit development. We are updating malpighia glabra, pink flowering malpighia plant information frequently. An excellent, if rather terse, guide to the traditional medicinal uses of the plants of the region.
Plant 5 to 6 feet apart for a mass planting or to develop a tall, thick screen. The average content of vitamin c is about 1,790mg per 100g of acerola pulp 4, with a range of 1,0002,330mg. Malpighia glabra barbados cherry page 3 october 1999 figure 3. The cherries are sweet and small, about the size of cranberries. Article pdf available in chemical engineering and processing 465. Malpighia glabra definition of malpighia glabra by medical. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. A tropical american evergreen shrub malpighia glabra having pinkish flowers and red cherrylike edible fruits that are rich in vitamin c. Pests and diseases pests include nematodes, whiteflies, scale, and plant bugs, which will attack and deform the fruit. In the north, barbados cherry will still flower on and off. Malpighia glabra in the germplasm resources information network grin, u. It typically matures to 58 tall, and can spread by root suckers to form colonies. It is round shaped, with diameter varying from 3 to 6 cm.