Barbadoes Cherry, the name given in the West Indies to the fruit of two small trees, Multiphia urens and M. glabra, which are cultivated for its sake. The fruit of M. urens is small, that of M. glabra is like a Mayduke cherry in size and appearance, but inferior in flavour. Each fruit contains three stones. The leaves of M. urens have stinging hairs on the under side. See MALPIGHIACEE.
Barbadoes Cherry
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 727
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