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Taxon:
Malpighia emarginata
DC.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Malpighia
Family:
Malpighiaceae
Nomen number:
404858
Place of publication:
Prodr. 1:578. 1824
Comment:
authorship verified from original literature
Verified:
05/13/2012
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Malpighia glabra
hort., pro parte
Malpighia retusa
Benth.
Invalid Designation(s)
Malpighia punicifolia
auct.
No images
Reference(s)
Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong.
2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
Barwick, M.
2004. Tropical and subtropical trees Timber Press..
Bernal, R., S. R. Gradstein & M. Celis.
2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
URL:
http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co/
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi.
1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
Note:
cultivated
Edições Melhoramentes.
1979. The new Michaelis illustrated dictionary (Novo Michaelis dicionário ilustrado), ed. 22/24
Note:
Edições Melhoramentes, São Paulo, Brazil
Funk, V. et al.
2007. Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 55:1-584.
Hammel, B. E. et al., eds.
2003-. Manual de plantas de Costa Rica
Note:
mentions
Hokche, O. et al.
2008. Nuevo catálogo de la flora vascular de Venezuela.
Howard, R.
1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds.
1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
Kunkel, G.
1984. Plants for human consumption
Note:
lists as
Malpighia emarginata
Sessé & Moç.
Liogier, H. A.
1984-. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands.
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Meyer, F. K.
2000. Revision der gattung
Malpighia
L. (Malpighiaceae). Phanerog. Monogr. 23:226.
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Rehm, S. & G. Espig.
1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics
Note:
=
Malpighia glabra
&
M. punicifolia
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Note:
=
Malpighia glabra
Schreckinger, M. E. et al.
2010. Berries from South America: A comprehensive review on chemistry, health potential, and commercialization. J. Med. Food 13:233-246.
URL:
http://www.liebertpub.com/overview/journal-of-medicinal-food/38/
Stevens, W. D. et al., eds.
2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).
Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds.
1995-. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana.
Note:
Missouri Botanical Garden & Timber Press
Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds.
1991. Edible fruits and nuts. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 2:198-199.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Note:
=
Malpighia glabra
Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds.
1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen.
Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/
Common names
English
acerola –
Reference(s)
Barbados-cherry –
Reference(s)
West Indian-cherry –
Reference(s)
French
cerise de Cayenne –
Reference(s)
cerisier de Barbade –
Reference(s)
cerisier des Antilles –
Reference(s)
German
Barbadoskirsche –
Reference(s)
westindische Kirsche –
Reference(s)
Portuguese
cerejeira-das-Antilhas –
Reference(s)
Spanish (Panama)
grosella –
Reference(s)
Swedish
barbadoskörsbär –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Guerrero
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Oaxaca
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Yucatán
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Belize
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Guatemala
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
French Guiana
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
2
Cultivated
widely cult. in tropics & subtropics
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Florida
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
Anguilla
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
Antigua and Barbuda
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
Barbados
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
Cayman Islands
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
Cuba
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
Dominica
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
Grenada
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
Guadeloupe
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
Haiti
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
Jamaica
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
Martinique
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
Netherlands Antilles
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
St. Kitts and Nevis
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
St. Lucia
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
St. Vincent and Grenadines
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
Trinidad and Tobago
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
United States
Puerto Rico
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
United States
Virgin Islands, U.S.
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Central America
Nicaragua
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Central America
Panama
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
6
Other
exact native range in neotropics obscure
Native
Northern America
SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico
[Guerrero, Oaxaca, Yucatán]
Southern America
CENTRAL AMERICA:
Belize
,
Guatemala
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana
,
Venezuela
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia
,
Ecuador
Cultivated
(widely cult. in tropics & subtropics)
Naturalized
Northern America
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Florida]
Southern America
CARIBBEAN:
Anguilla
,
Netherlands Antilles
,
Antigua and Barbuda
,
Barbados
,
Cuba
,
Cayman Islands
,
Dominica
,
Guadeloupe
,
Grenada
,
Haiti
,
Jamaica
,
St. Kitts and Nevis
,
St. Lucia
,
Martinique
,
Trinidad and Tobago
,
United States
[Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S.],
St. Vincent and Grenadines
CENTRAL AMERICA:
Nicaragua
,
Panama
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Peru
Other
(exact native range in neotropics obscure)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Human food
fruit
Howard, R.
1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
Human food
fruit
Kunkel, G.
1984. Plants for human consumption
Note:
lists as
Malpighia emarginata
Sessé & Moç.
Medicines
folklore
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Name
References