Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Malpighia emarginata
acerola, cereza de Jamaica, cereza de las Antillas, Barbados cherry, west Indian cherry, wild crepemyrtle
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Malpighiaceae
Genus
Malpighia
Species
emarginata
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Malpighia retusa Benth.
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 2003
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- D'Arcy, W.G. (1987) Flora of Panama. Checklist and Index. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 17(1): i–xxx, 1–328; 18(2): i–ix, 1–672.
- Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
- Jørgensen, P.M. León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999) Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, 1181 pp.
- Meyer, F.K. (2000) Revision der Gattung Malpighia L. (Malpighiaceae). Phanerog. Monogr. 23: 1–630, pl. 1–151.
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
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"Galapagos Species Database, Malpighia emarginata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1964. Accessed 4 November 2026.