Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

ID: 1938

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# spp.: N/A (from genus_families table) | 0 (from names table)

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Family: Malpighiaceae

Family ja: キントラノオ

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Description en: Genus of about 45 species of evergreen shrubs and small trees found in dry woodland in tropical North, Central, and South America, especially the Caribbean. They are grown for their opposite, simple, often toothed and leathery leaves, and their star-shaped to shallowly trumpet-shaped flowers, each with 5 unequally sized, clawed petals, often with crimped, waved, or fringed tips or margins. Flowers are borne singly or in axillary or terminal corymbs, followed by colourful, edible fruits. Where temperatures fall below 16°C (61°F), grow in a temperate or warm greenhouse. Elsewhere, use as specimen trees, in a shrub border, or for hedging.

Hardiness en: Frost tender.

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Propagation en: Sow seed at 18-24°C (64-75°F) in spring. Root semi-ripe cuttings with bottom heat in summer.

Pests en: Red spider mites may be troublesome under glass.

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Comment ja: アセロラ(acerola)

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Update information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2026-03-03 21:57