Accession #: 198500465
Accession Date: 1985-12-31
Common name: Barbados Cherry, Acerola
Family: Malpighiaceae
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Country of Origin: Texas south to South America
Description: A tropical American tree. Fruit has a high vitamin C content and calcium and iron among its minerals. A slow grower which will reach 10 feet in a favorable environment, but only about 6 feet when container grown. Has a shrubby growth habit; young leaves are wine colored turning dark green. A tough, versatile plant that will grow in most soils, but will do better in a composted sandy loam. The thin-skinned fruit is cherry-like, red to crimson, semi-sweet to acid. Bears in its third year. Fruit is borne on previous year's growth and ripens a few days after flowering.
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USDA Zone: 10-12
Source: Unknown
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Propagation is by seeds but generally from cuttings in the summer and air layering.