LAcerola is a shrub called the acerola tree. It produces a fruit called the acerola cherry. This cherry has a rare nutritional composition, like the acai berry for example or camu camu. 

You have 100 times more vitamin C than in an orange or 10 times more than in guava. We will explain to you that there is a difference between the harvests and especially the varieties of acero tree.

Acerola is a shrub from the Malpighiaceae family that measures between 5 and 15 meters high. It will have evergreen foliage and grows in tropical and subtropical regions. It particularly likes a climate between 15 and 31 degrees with an average of 26°C. 

Acerola flowers have a magnificent color, you can discover it on our YouTube channel.

The cherry has a flesh that is juicy and tangy or not depending on the variety. The acerola cherry has a very short lifespan in less than a week it will rot, so it must be put into acerola powder quickly to preserve its vitamin C content.

In Brazil, you will eat it, drink it but also find it in powder form as on sale here.  

Come and meet our complete article on acerola varieties, here is a summary of our article: 

Sweet acerola varieties:

When we enter the world of acerola, we want to buy our acerola powder from the French specialist and above all at the best price. 

Le Comptoir is the first superfood grocery store to introduce you to the world of acerola and here its sweet varieties for juice

• Acerola Manoa Sweet: Acerola tree will produce reddish-yellow fruits when ripe. This variety is recommended for your garden. Very easy to maintain and above all an incredible flavor for fresh fruit juices
• Tropical Ruby Acerola: The fruits are identical to those of Manoa Sweet and the shrub grows to 5 meters in height. It is one of the largest acero trees in Brazil.
• Acerola Hawaiian Queen: It is an acerola tree with a single trunk. It is one of the recommended selections for the production of fresh fruits that we wish to sell like cherries in France.

Acidic varieties of acerola to make Comptoir de Toamasina powder:

• Acerola JH Beaumont : An acerola tree which will have low and compact branches with a high density. It can make a single-stemmed shrub. The fruits are reddish orange with very high productivity 
• Acerola F. Rehnborg: A shrub that is very productive with a variety that has a low vitamin C content. It is easily cultivated. It will present very large cherries with an orange and reddish color turning dark red when fully ripe. 
• Acerola F. Haley: This variety is best suited to drier regions. That is to say in the North-East. Its medium-sized fruits are purple-red in color.

Discover on our blog the first complete guide on the benefits of acerola, how to take acerola, where to find acerola and above all buy acerola at the best price per kilo.