Tropical - Barbados Cherry

Barbados cherry, popularly known as acerola cherry, a bushy shrub that can be pruned into a small tree.  While it can reach heights of up to 15-20 feet, and is almost ever-bearing in frost free areas.  Its sweet-tart fruits are extremely rich in vitamin C and have a vivid crimson color.  The flavor ranges from semi-tart to sweet.  The Barbados cherry loves the sun!  It blooms throughout the summer months.  Each flower is rosy pink and they develop in clusters of three to six blossoms. As the flowers fade, pollinated blossoms mature into tasty fruit.