Cherry Is An Evergreen Shrub Or Small Tree With Spreading Branches On A Short Trunk. It Is Usually 2?3 M (6.6?9.8 Ft) Tall, But Sometimes Reaches 6 M (20 Ft) In Height. The Leaves Are Simple Ovate-Lanceolate, 2?8 Cm (0.79?3.15 In) Long, 1?4 Cm (0.39?1.57 In), And Are Attached To Short Petioles. They Are Opposite, Ovate To Elliptic-Lanceolate, And Have Entire Or Undulating Margins With Small Hairs, Which Can Irritate Skin. Flowers Are Bisexual And 1?2 Cm (0.39?0.79 In) In Diameter. They Have Five Pale To Deep Pink Or Redfringed Petals, 10 Stamens, And Six To 10 Glands On The Calyx. The Three To Five Flowers Per Inflorescence Are Sessile Or Short-Peduncled Axillary Cymes. After Three Years, Trees Produce Significant Numbers Of Bright Red Drupes 1?3 Cm (0.39?1.18 In) In Diameter With A Mass Of 3?5 G (0.11?0.18 Oz). Drupes Are In Pairs Or Groups Of Three, And Each Contains Three Triangular Seeds. The Drupes Are Juicy And Very High In Vitamin C (3-46 G/Kg)And Other Nutrients. They Are Divided Into Three Obscure Lobes And Are Usually Acidic To Subacidic, Giving Them A Sour Taste, But May Be Sweet If Grown Well. While The Nutrient Composition Depends On The Strain And Environmental Conditions, The Most Common Components Of Acerola And Their Concentration Ranges, Per 1000 G, Are: Proteins (2.1-8.0 G), Lipids (2.3-8.0 G), Carbohydrates (35.7-78 G), Calcium (117 Mg), Phosphorus (171 Mg), Iron (2.4 Mg), Pyridoxine (87 Mg), Riboflavin (0.7 Mg), Thiamine (0.2 Mg), Water (906-920 G), And Dietary Fibre (30 G).[5] Acerola Cherries Also Have Anitifungal And Antibacterial Properties.