Datasheet
Malpighia glabra (acerola)
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Top of pagePreferred 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)
Taxonomic Tree
Top of page- Domain: Eukaryota
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum: Spermatophyta
- Subphylum: Angiospermae
- Class: Dicotyledonae
- Order: Polygalales
- Family: Malpighiaceae
- Genus: Malpighia
- Species: Malpighia glabra
List of Pests
Top of pageMajor host of:
Anthonomus testaceus; Bactrocera aquilonis; Bactrocera caryeae; Bactrocera dorsalis (Oriental fruit fly); Ceroplastes floridensis (soft scale); Epitragus aurulentus; Icerya rosae (rose icerya); Maconellicoccus hirsutus (pink hibiscus mealybug); Orthezia praelonga (croton bug); Protopulvinaria pyriformis (pyriform scale); Puto barberiMinor host of:
Anastrepha obliqua (West Indian fruit fly); Anastrepha striata (guava fruit fly); Anastrepha suspensa (Caribbean fruit fly); Aphis craccivora (groundnut aphid); Armillaria tabescens (armillaria root rot); Bactrocera carambolae (carambola fruit fly); Bactrocera correcta (guava fruit fly); Brevipalpus phoenicis (false spider mite); Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean fruit fly); Eutetranychus banksi (citrus mite, Texas); Ferrisia virgata (striped mealybug); Icerya purchasi (cottony cushion scale); Insignorthezia insignis (greenhouse orthezia); Meloidogyne incognita (root-knot nematode); Orgyia postica (cocoa tussock moth); Rotylenchulus reniformis (reniform nematode); Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm); Xiphinema basiriWild host of:
Paracoccus marginatus (papaya mealybug)Associated with (not a host):
Meloidogyne mayaguensis; Piezodorus guildinii (stink bug)Uses List
Top of pageHuman food and beverage
- Beverage base
- Fruits
Medicinal, pharmaceutical
- Traditional/folklore
Ornamental
- Christmas tree
- Cut flower
- garden plant
- Potted plant
- Propagation material
- Seed trade