California strawberries are packed with vital nutrients. Vitamin C is a water-soluble vitamin with potent antioxidant capabilities essential for many biological functions, most notably ensuring proper wound healing and maintaining cartilage. One serving of eight medium strawberries provides 160 percent of the recommended Daily Value. Potassium is an important nutrient to balance electrolytes, aid muscle contractions, and maintain a healthy blood pressure. Diets rich in potassium can lower blood pressure by buffering the effects of sodium on blood pressure.
Four Skinny Trees. Four Skinny Trees is an excerpt from the book by Sandra Cisneros entitled The House on Mango Street. Four Skinny Trees is found on pages 74 and 75. Copyright Sandra Cisneros, 1984 and published by Vintage Contemporaries, 1991. They are the only ones who understand me. I am the only one who understands them. Four skinny trees with skinny necks and pointy elbows like mine. Four who do not belong here but are here.
Malpighia emarginata is a tropical fruit-bearing shrub or small tree in the family Malpighiaceae. Common names include acerola (. [ÉseÌËÉ¾ÉÌlÉ]), Barbados cherry, West Indian cherry and wild crepe myrtle.Acerola is native to South America, southern Mexico, and Central America, but is now also being grown as far north as Texas and in subtropical areas of Asia, such as India.fter three years, trees produce significant numbers of bright red drupes 1â3 cm (0.39â1.18 in) in diameter with a mass of 3â5 g (0.11â0.18 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.