Barbados Cherry
Malpighia glabra
Also known as Acerola, Cerejeira, Malphigia
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- West Bengal, Karnataka, Rajasthan
- Flowering
- June-April
How to identify Barbados Cherry
Identify Barbados Cherry by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Cultivated for edible Barbados cherries.
- Confirm flower colour: Pink.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: June-April.
- In India, compare location records such as West Bengal, Karnataka, Rajasthan.
- Confirm it sits within the Malpighiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Barbados Cherry.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Malpighia glabra
- Genus
- Malpighia
- Family
- Malpighiaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Garden plant
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- W.Indies
- Distribution
- Cultivated
- Found in India
- West Bengal, Karnataka, Rajasthan
- Flowering & fruiting
- June-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pinkrecorded
Characters marked “recorded” are for Barbados Cherry itself; the rest are typical of the Malpighiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- വെസ്റ്റ് ഇന്ത്യൻ ചെറി, Barbados cherry, Malpighia emarginata
About Barbados Cherry
Barbados Cherry (Malpighia glabra) is a shrub in the Malpighiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in West Bengal, Karnataka and Rajasthan. It grows in garden plant. Flowering and fruiting run from June to April.
Malpighiaceae
Malpighia Family
Barbados Cherry belongs to the Malpighiaceae family.
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