Cowitch cherry

Malpighia urens

fruit

Small cherries whose pulp is eaten; grown in the Caribbean, sometimes in India and Southeast Asia.

Origin

Caribbean

Season (United States)

all year round

Preparation

The berries are rinsed and eaten raw, fully ripe, spitting out the seeds if they are hard; they are also cooked into jam or juice.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Pectins · Insoluble fibers

Did you know?

Its leaves carry stinging hairs: in English it is called stinging cherry.