Editing Malpighia emarginata (section)

=== Brazil ===
[[Brazil]] is the largest producer of acerola worldwide.<ref>{{cite book |doi=10.1533/9780857092762.27 |chapter=Acerola ( Malpighia emarginata DC.) |title=Postharvest Biology and Technology of Tropical and Subtropical Fruits |date=2011 |last1=Mohammed |first1=M. |pages=27–48e |isbn=978-1-84569-734-1 }}</ref> On {{cvt|11000|ha|acre}}, Brazil produces {{cvt|32990|tonne}} of acerola per year. In order to preserve the [[genetic variability]] of acerola, the federal rural [[University of Pernambuco]] in Brazil established an "Acerola Active Germplasm Bank" in June 1998.<ref>{{cite book|editor-last1=Yahia|editor-first1=Elhadi|title=Postharvest Biology and Technology of Tropical and Subtropical Fruits |date=2011 |publisher=Elsevier |isbn=978-1-84569-733-4}}{{pn|date=February 2024}}</ref>