name: Acerola

flavor_db_name_variants: acerola

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Acerola

id: 281

name_scientific: Malpighia emarginata

description: Malpighia emarginata is a tropical fruit-bearing shrub or small tree in the family Malpighiaceae. Common names include acerola, Barbados cherry, West Indian cherry and wild crepemyrtle. Acerola is native to South America, Southern Mexico and Central America, but is now also being grown as far north as Texas and in subtropical areas of Asia, like India. It is known for being extremely rich in vitamin C, almost as much as camu camu, although it also contains vitamins A, B1, B2 and B3 as well as carotenoids and bioflavonoids which provide important nutritive value and have antioxidant uses. The vitamin C produced by the fruit is better absorbed by human organisms than synthetic ascorbic acid.

itis_id: 29280

wikipedia_id: Malpighia emarginata

picture_file_name: 282.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 106965

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:33:17.000Z

legacy_id: 309

food_group: Fruits

food_subgroup: Tropical fruits

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:30.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:21.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 151847

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00281