Barbados Cherry Live Fruit Tree – 2–3 Feet Tall, 3-Gallon Pot (Malpighia emarginata)

Description

The Barbados Cherry is a fast-growing, bushy tropical fruit tree known for its small, flavorful red fruits. Its flexible growth habit allows it to be trained as a standard tree or maintained as a shaped hedge, making it suitable for edible landscapes and home gardens.

The fruit has a sweet to sub-acid flavor and is commonly used in Latin American cuisine for juices, jellies, and jams. Barbados cherries are also known for their naturally high vitamin C content and can be frozen for later use.

This is a live Barbados Cherry plant measuring 2–3 feet tall at the time of shipping and shipped in a 3-gallon pot.

Bullet Points

• Common Name: Barbados Cherry

• Scientific Name: Malpighia emarginata

• Plant Type: Tropical fruit tree or shrub

• Growth Habit: Fast-growing and bushy; can be trained as a standard or shaped as a hedge

• Fruit Flavor: Sweet to sub-acid

• Fruit Uses: Juices, jellies, jams, and fresh consumption

• Shipping Height: Approx. 2–3 feet tall at time of shipping.

• Pot Size: 3-gallon pot

• Plant Form: Live potted plant

Materials

• Live Barbados Cherry plant

• Growing medium

• 3-gallon nursery pot

Attributes

• Common Name: Barbados Cherry

• Scientific Name: Malpighia emarginata

• Plant Type: Tropical fruit tree / fruiting shrub

• Life Cycle: Perennial

• Flower/Fruit Color: Fruit color: Red; flower color not specified by seller

• Sunlight: Not specified by seller

• Soil: Not specified by seller

• Water: Not specified by seller

• USDA Zone: Not specified by seller

• Growth Habit: Fast-growing, bushy; can be trained as a standard or hedge

• Fruit Flavor: Sweet to sub-acid

• Shipping Height: 2–3 feet

• Pot Size: 3-gallon pot

• Plant Form: Live potted plant

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note:

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

If there is an issue with your order, contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide:

• Photos of the shipping box

• Photo of the shipping label

• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles

• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without required photos may not be eligible for review.

Claims submitted more than 48 hours after delivery will be considered accepted as received and may not be eligible for replacement or refund.