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Acerola the Vitamin C berry - Part I
Acerola An ornamental tree that produces cherry-like fruits that are among the richest source of vitamin C. Antilles Cherry, Barbados Cherry, Cherry of the Caribbean, Puerto Rican Cherry, West Indian Cherry The History and Background The Acerola is believed to originate from the Yucatan (linguistic evidence) and is distributed from South Texas, through Mexico (especially on the West Coast from Sonora to Guerrero) and Central America to northern South America (Venezuela, Surinam, Columbia, Brazil) and throughout the Caribbean (Bahamas to Trinidad). The Acerola is a common dooryard tree throughout much of Central America. Acerola has been successfully introduced in sub-tropical and tropical regions throughout the world (Southeast Asia, India, South America), and some of the largest plantings are in Brazil. Plantings of Acerola are increasing worldwide, with Brazil leading the way - it is the result of increased use of Acerola for natural source of Vitamin C in nutritional supplements. M. punicifolia has been renamed M. emarginata by recent authorities. It is listed under M. glabra in the Index of CRFG Publications, 1969-1989. Acerola received considerable attention in the 1950s in Florida, Puerto Rico and Hawaii because of its extremely high vitamin C content. It is an interesting example of a fruit that rose, like Cinderella, from relative obscurity about 40-50 years ago. Many so-called 'natural food' outlets promoted various vitamin C products from the fruits - powder, tablets, capsules, juice, sirup. It was an important commercial crop until vitamin C was synthesized in the laboratory. Enthusiasm subsided when it was realized that a fruit could not become a superstar because of its ascorbic acid content alone; that ascorbic acid from a natural source could not economically compete with the much cheaper synthetic product, inasmuch as research proved that the ascorbic acid of the Acerola is metabolized in a manner identical to the assimilation of crystalline ascorbic acid. However, it is later found to be rich in many other nutrients, particularly vitamin A and mineral iron which will make it popular again in a back-to-nature trend away from synthetic chemicals.
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I am a gardening enthusiast, and like to check up on useful plants. I may also acquire and plant them if possible. Plants are the natural treasures of the Earth, and if not for them, there will be no animals. They help purify our air, water, and soil. If not for photosynthesis that plants are capable of, we will die of oxygen starvation.
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