ACEROLA -Malpighia glabra

Acerola, or Barbadian cherry, is a tropical to subtropical plant that grows from Central to South America, in the Antilles and in the Caribbean. The fruits are up to 3 cm in size, red balls, similar in shape and color to our cherries. The taste is sour to sweet depending on the cultivar of the plant. 100 g of acerola fruit contains over 1500 mg of natural vitamin C, which has good absorption. It is a completely undemanding plant that is starting to bear fruit full of vitamins for the second year in a row ... We grow outdoors from spring to autumn. Our acerols spend the winter at home outside the window or in the heated greenhouse, where after being transferred from the garden, they start to bloom after about one month and then produce fruit. The fruits begin to ripen in late January ...