Malpighiaceae FAMILY Data Deficient

Malpighia emarginata

Edibility

4/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitEvergreen Shrub

Growth—

Malpighia emarginata is a plant mainly of the seasonally dry tropics. Easily grown in a good soil and a sunny position^[1]. Seedlings can fruit when only 2 - 3 years old, but are not always of as good quality as their parents^[1].

Propagation

Seed - Cuttings - cuttings of half-ripe wood, with entire leaves, in a frame with bottom heat^[2]. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Malpighia+emarginata>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

[1]Tropical Food Gardens — Norrington. L. · Bloomings Books (Melbourne) · 2001 · ISBN 1-876473-41-x ↩︎Excellent little book giving some basic information on a range of plants.
[2]The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. — Huxley. A. · MacMillan Press · 1992 · ISBN 0-333-47494-5 ↩︎Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed.
[3]IUCN Red List of Threatened Species — http://www.iucnredlist.org/ ↩︎A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
[4]Cornucopia II — Facciola. S. · Kampong Publications, California. · 1998 · ISBN 0-9628087-2-5 ↩︎The second edition of an excellent guide to the edible uses of plants, though it does not give any details of cultivation etc.
[5]Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants — http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 ↩︎Terse details of a huge range of useful plants.
[6]Bwa Yo: Important Trees of Haiti — Timyan J. · South-East Consortium for International Development; Washington · 1996 · ISBN 0-9645449-0-3 ↩︎