Help ID please !

[vitiga]

Here is a cherry kind of tree. not very tall but quite old ( 40 years+ ). fruits looks like cherries turning red/black when ripe.





What would be the best way to multiply it ?

Thank you in advance !

[Don]

If you put some photos of fruit on here it might be easier to identify.
Don

[AlexRF]

Maybe to graft on some of Myrtaceae? Eugenia or Myrciaria spp...
When you expect the fruiting season of this species?

[vitiga]

It is a friend of mine who got that tree. She is supposed to keep me informed when fruiting. I will post pictures of the fruits. She said they look like cherries ?

[AlexRF]

This is introduced species (imported plant or seeds) or NC endemic species?
If so, its leaves very close to this: http://www.endemia.nc/flore/fiche2112.html

[vitiga]

Thanks Alex, no idea, but I reckon it was planted as it seems to be near by a mango tree and a small building too ? I will check this out carefully as soon as it will be fruiting. Thanks for your help. Vincent

[AlexRF]

Thanks Alex, no idea, but I reckon it was planted as it seems to be near by a mango tree and a small building too ? I will check this out carefully as soon as it will be fruiting. Thanks for your help. Vincent

 All Myrtaceae fans already have a low startup...   

[vitiga]

Here is a picture of the fruits, flowers and leaves.

[jabotica]

Barbados cherry  Maipighia  emargiara  Central America

[jabotica]

Family  Maipighiaceae   - maipighia  emarginata  -acerola

[AlexRF]

Family  Maipighiaceae   - maipighia  emarginata  -acerola

yes, really Malpighia emarginata.
Still hope on something out of the NC forest ...