Buah Cherry

[hwchoy]

anyone knows the scientific name of this local plant (actually the pix is from a plant in India) commonly known as Buah Cherry?

[fryap]

Muntingia calabura

Refer here:
http://www.naturia.per.sg/buloh/plants/cherry_tree.htm

[hwchoy]

oh yes, found the name from another forum. it's not even native!

interestingly this plant is actually native to Central America, see http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/m...ca_cherry.html

Quote: Origin and Distribution The Jamaica cherry is indigenous to southern Mexico, Central America, tropical South America, the Greater Antilles, St. Vincent and Trinidad. The type specimen was collected in Jamaica. It is widely cultivated in warm areas of the New World and in India, southeast Asia, Malaya, Indonesia, and the Philippines, in many places so thoroughly naturalized that it is thought by the local people to be native. :bigsmile: