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Malpighia emarginata (Barbados cherry; wild crapemyrtle)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Malpighia emarginata is a tropical fruit-bearing shrub or small tree in the family Malpighiaceae. Common names include acerola (Spanish pronunciation: [aseˈɾola], Portuguese pronunciation: [ase'rɔla]), Barbados cherry, West Indian cherry and wild crepe myrtle.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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Attributes

Air Quality Improvement [1]  None
Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Carbon Capture [1]  Low
Shade Percentage [1]  91 %
Temperature Reduction [1]  Low
Wind Reduction [1]  Low
Height [1]  12.136 feet (3.7 m)
Width [1]  12.464 feet (3.8 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 10 Low Temperature: 30 F° (-1.1 C°) → 40 F° (4.4 C°)
Hardiness Zone Maximum [1]  USDA Zone: 11 Low Temperature: 40 F° (4.4 C°) → 50 F° (10 C°)
Water Use [1]  Moderate
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Tree

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Tuabaquey - Limones Ecological Reserve II 4859 Cuba  

Predators

Providers

Pollinated by 
Centris aenea[8]
Centris flavifrons[8]
Centris lanipes[8]
Centris tarsata[8]
Centris versicolor[8]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

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♦ 1i-Tree Species v. 4.0, developed by the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station and SUNY-ESF using the Horticopia, Inc. plant database.
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Norrbom, A.L. 2004. Fruit fly (Tephritidae) host plant database. Version Nov, 2004.
♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 5HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 6Optimal foraging of a herbivorous lizard, the green iguana in a seasonal environment, Wouter D. van Marken Lichtenbelt, Oecologia (1993) 95: 246-256
♦ 7Proyecto Tití
♦ 8OIL-COLLECTING BEES AND RELATED PLANTS: A REVIEW OF THE STUDIES IN THE LAST TWENTY YEARS AND CASE HISTORIES OF PLANTS OCCURRING IN NE BRAZIL, Isabel Cristina Machado, Solitary Bees – Conservation, Rearing and Management for Pollination, International Workshop on Solitary Bees and Their Role in Pollination, held in Beberibe, Ceará, Brazil, in April 2004, pp. 255-280
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0