Photographs are of our actual stock, taken at the nursery. Plants are living things — expect small differences in shape and leaf count from the plant shown.
Fruit Plants
Barbados Cherry Tree
Malpighia emarginata
Barbados cherry fruit contains somewhere between thirty and sixty times the vitamin C of an orange by weight, which is a genuinely remarkable figure. The fruit is small, bright scarlet, and pleasantly tart eaten straight off the tree.
It fruits young — often in its second year — crops repeatedly through the warm months rather than in a single season, and stays small enough to keep in a large pot on a terrace.
- Extraordinary vitamin C content — far above any citrus
- Fruits in its second year and crops repeatedly through the season
- Stays small enough for a large pot on a terrace
Rs 1,850for the 2 ft, 18 inch pot
Inclusive of pot and mix. Delivery Rs 350, free over Rs 5,000.
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Replaced or refunded if damaged
Grown by us
Never bought in and resold
At a glance
- Mature size
- 2–4 m
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Difficulty
- Easy to keep
- Around pets
- Non-toxic — safe if chewed
Full sunGardenTerraceLarge pot
How to look after your Barbados Cherry Tree
Written for Pakistani conditions — long hot summers, dry winter air, and hard tap water. Follow this rather than advice written for a temperate climate.
- Light
- Full sun. Six to eight hours minimum for a worthwhile crop.
- Water
- Deeply and regularly, especially while fruit is setting and swelling. Mulch heavily to hold soil moisture.
- Humidity
- Ambient.
- Soil
- Deep, fertile, well-draining soil. Avoid heavy waterlogged clay — raise the bed if that is what you have.
- Feeding
- Balanced feed in early spring, high-potassium once fruit sets, and well-rotted manure each winter.
- Temperature
- Species dependent; most listed here suit the Pakistani plains. Young grafted stock needs shade in its first summer.
If something goes wrong
Flowers form but fruit does not set
Why it happens: Poor pollination or heat stress at flowering.
What to do: Plant a second variety nearby where cross-pollination is needed, and shade the tree during extreme heat.
Fruit dropping while small
Why it happens: Water stress or a natural thinning.
What to do: Keep watering even and mulch the root zone. A degree of natural drop is normal and healthy.
Suckers below the graft union
Why it happens: Rootstock growth.
What to do: Remove them flush at the trunk as soon as they appear, or they will outgrow the grafted variety.
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