One useful species in the family is Malpighia emarginata, often called acerola.
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Birds like the fruit of the Barbados cherry ( " Malpighia glabra " ), an evergreen shrub with white / pale pink small blooms and red berries.
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The great Swedish botanist Linnaeus named the genus " Malpighia " in honor of Malpighi s work with plants; " Malpighia " is the type genus for the Malpighiaceae, a family of tropical and subtropical flowering plants.
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The great Swedish botanist Linnaeus named the genus " Malpighia " in honor of Malpighi s work with plants; " Malpighia " is the type genus for the Malpighiaceae, a family of tropical and subtropical flowering plants.