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'''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.

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Contains volatile oilsAcerola provides a rich source of vitamin C, flavonoidsabout 1000 to 4000 mg per 100 grams. The green, apigenin, luteolin, quercetin, kaempferol, tiliroside, triterpene glycosides including euscapic acid and tormentic acid, phenolic acids, and 3%–21% tanninsunripe fruits contain twice the amount of Vitamin C than the ripe fruits.<ref name="chemical composition"/>

{{Leaf|Simple|ovate-lanceolate|The leaves are divided into 3-6 toothed leaflets, with smaller leaflets in between}}<ref name="Leaf"/>

{{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|Yellow|5-2010|Flowers Season is June The flowers are sessile and borne on the short- Augustpeduncled cymes}}

{{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}}

{{Commonly seen|Tall grasslandssubtropical areas}}, {{Commonly seen|meadows}}, {{Commonly seen|Borders of forests and fields}}.

<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>