Preferred Scientific Name
- Malpighia glabra
Preferred Common Name
- acerola
Other Scientific Names
- Acerola
- Barbados cherry tree
- Barbadoskirschbaum
- Cerisier des Antilles
- Malpighia glabra GRISEB.
- Malpighia punicifolia
International Common Names
- Spanish: cereza colorada; cereza de Barbados (Cuba); cereza de la sabana; guinda de Indias; nance morado (Mexico)
- Portuguese: cerejeira-do-Para; gineira-da-Jamaica
Local Common Names
- Germany: Barbados-Kirschbaum; Barbados-Kirschbaum, Westindischer
- Netherlands: barbadoskers
EPPO code
- MLPGL (Malpighia glabra)
- MLPPU (Malpighia punicifolia)