Malpighia glabra L. (code: INDE0002)

acerola, cherise (ht)

• Family: Malpighiaceae
• Wikipedia: LINK
• Uses: medicinal
• Morphology: Small, opposite, coriaceous leaves with pale midrib. Longer twigs tend towards growing horizontally; then leaves are held in a single plane.
• Determination notes: Might also be M. emarginata, but that tends indeed to have a more rounded, emarginate leaf apex.