Malpighiaceae FAMILY

Malpighia setosa

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitEvergreen Shrub

Growth—

Malpighia setosa grows wild mainly in the seasonally dry tropics. Species in this genus generally grow best in a sunny position, preferring a well-drained, fertile, humus-rich soil^[1].

Propagation

Seed - Cuttings - cuttings of half-ripe wood, with entire leaves, in a frame with bottom heat^[1]. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Malpighia+setosa>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

[1]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.
[2]Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World. — Hedrick. U. P. · Dover Publications · 1972 · ISBN 0-486-20459-6 ↩︎Lots of entries, quite a lot of information in most entries and references.
[3]Food Plants in the Americas: A Survey of the Domesticated, Cultivated, and Wild Plants Used for Human Food in North, — Kermath B.M.; Bennett B.C.' Pulsipher L.M. · 2014 ↩︎A pre-publication draft of an amazing, on-going work first started in 1985. It contains information on more than 3,900 taxa from the Americas - from Arctic regions to the Tropics
[4]Bwa Yo: Important Trees of Haiti — Timyan J. · South-East Consortium for International Development; Washington · 1996 · ISBN 0-9645449-0-3 ↩︎