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[[File:Malpighia glabra blossom and unripe fruits.jpg|thumb|right|''Malpighia emarginata'']]
'''Malpighia emarginata''' is a tropical fruit-bearing shrub or small tree in the family Malpighiaceae. Acerola is native to South America, southern Mexico, Puerto Rico, Brazil, and Central America, but is now also being grown as far north as Texas and in subtropical areas of Asia, such as India.
==Uses==
{{Uses|WoundsScurvy}}, {{Uses|CutsDiabetes}}, {{Uses|SnakebitesCancer Prevention}}, {{Uses|Curing liver disordersAnti-Aging action}}, {{Uses|Skin eruptionsImmune System}}, {{Uses|Blotches}}, {{Uses|PimplesMetabolic disorders}}, {{Uses|DiarrheaHeart Health}}, {{Uses|Sore throatsDigestion}}.
==Parts Used==
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|ovate-lanceolate|The leaves are divided into 3-6 toothed leaflets, with smaller leaflets in between}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|Yellow|5-2010|Flowers Season is June The flowers are sessile and borne on the short- Augustpeduncled cymes}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|simple|7–10 mm (0.28–0.4 1 to 3 cm|The drupes are in.) long pome|clearly grooved lengthwise, Lowest hooked hairs aligned towards crowngroups of three or pairs|With hooked hairs|many}}
===Other features===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tall grasslandssubtropical areas}}, {{Commonly seen|meadows}}, {{Commonly seen|Borders of forests and fields}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.sciencedirectayurtimes.com/scienceacerola-barbados-cherry-malpighia-emarginata/article/pii/S0378874112006393?via%3Dihub "sciencedirectphytochemistry"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[https://web.archive.org/web/20131226161459/http://www.wildflowers-guideayurtimes.com/39acerola-barbados-cherry-malpighia-agrimony.html emarginata/ "wayback machineplant description"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Malpighia+emarginata "Cultivation Details"]</ref>