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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Mal·pi·ghi·a n.  Bot. A genus of tropical American shrubs with opposite leaves and small white or reddish flowers. The drupes of Malpighia glabra (formerly Malpighia urens) are eaten under the name of Barbadoes cherries.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Malpighia glabra
      n : tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit
          resembling cherries [syn: barbados cherry, acerola, Surinam
          cherry, West Indian cherry]