A tropical shrub bearing small red cherry-like fruits rich in vitamin C; also called Barbados cherry.
From Spanish 'acerola,' from Taino (Caribbean indigenous language). The word traveled through Spanish colonizers who encountered the fruit in the Caribbean.
Acerola is one of the richest natural sources of vitamin C—some fruits have 50 times more vitamin C than oranges!
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