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西印度櫻桃
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'''西印度櫻桃'''('''West Indian cherry''')是一種[[金虎尾科]]小喬木,原產熱帶,果實可食用。別名'''阿西羅拉櫻桃'''('''acerola cherry''')、'''巴貝多櫻桃'''或'''巴巴多斯櫻桃'''('''Barbados cherry''')、'''針葉櫻桃'''('''''Malpighia emarginata''''')<ref name="Johnson">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZVSh_u7KxQIC&source=gbs_navlinks_s |title=Plants in Human Health and Nutrition Policy |editor=Artemis P. Simopoulos; C. Gopalan |first=Paul D. |last=Johnson |chapter=Acerola (''Malpighia glabra'' L., ''M. punicifolia'' ''M. emarginata'' DC.) Agriculture, Production, and Nutrition |publisher=Karger Publishers |year=2003 |isbn=978-3-8055-7554-6 |volume=91 |pages=63–74}}</ref>、凹緣金虎尾、凹葉金虎尾、大果黃褥花。針葉櫻桃原產於南美、墨西哥南部、波多黎各、多米尼加、海地、巴西、中美等地,但現在也開始在得克薩斯和亞洲的熱帶地區種植。針葉櫻桃以含有豐富的[[維生素C]]而著稱<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/fruits-and-fruit-juices/1807/2|title=Acerola, (west indian cherry), raw Nutrition Facts & Calories|website=nutritiondata.self.com|access-date=2016-07-18}}</ref>。針葉櫻桃可通過種子、扦插等方式繁殖。生長環境喜乾燥的沙質土壤和充分日照。
==用途及營養==針葉櫻桃果實可食用,並在其原產地廣泛被消費,且因其維生素C含量豐富而在其他地區種植<ref name= "de Assis">{{cite journal | title= Acerola: importance, culture, conditions, production and biochemical aspects | authors= De Assis S, Fernandes F, Martins A, Oliveira O | year= 2008 | journal= Fruits | volume= 63 | pages= 93–101 | doi=10.1051/fruits:2007051| url= https://repositorio.unesp.br/bitstream/11449/25341/1/WOS000254299800005.pdf }}</ref>。果實也可用於製作果汁、維生素C營養品和嬰兒食品<ref name= "Clein">{{cite journal | title= Acerola juice—The richest known source of Vitamin C: A clinical study in infants | author= Clein N | year= 1956 | journal= The Journal of Pediatrics | volume= 48 | issue= 2 | pages= 140–145 | doi=10.1016/s0022-3476(56)80159-5}}</ref>。針葉櫻桃還有很高的抗氧化能力<ref name= kuskoski >{{cite journal | title = Wild fruits and pulps of frozen fruits: antioxidant activity, polyphenols and anthocyanins |accessdate= |vauthors=Kuskoski EM, Asuero AG, Morales MT, Fett R |year=2006 |journal=Cienc Rural |volume=36 |issue=4 (July/Aug)| pages= |url= http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782006000400037&lng=en&nrm=iso }}</ref>。針葉櫻桃也可作為觀賞植物種植。因其葉子和果實都較小,因此可作為[[盆栽]]種植<ref name="Gilman">{{cite web|url=http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/shrubs/MALGLAA.PDF |first=Edward F. |last=Gillman |title=Malpighia glabra |work=Cooperative Extension Services Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences |publisher=University of Florida |date=October 1999 |accessdate=2009-12-16 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090424014336/http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/shrubs/MALGLAA.PDF |archivedate=April 24, 2009 }}</ref>。
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