Synsepalum dulcificum Schumach. & Thonn.
Miracle berry Sweet berry
Evergreen shrub, grows 18-5 m leaves 5-10 cm long, 20-37 cm wide flowers creamy-white, very small, held in clusters in leaf axils fruits ripen from green to scarlet, oval, 9 mm long, seed single embedded in edible, sweetish white pulp
Grown for ornamental or economic purposes. Fruits contain miraculin, a taste-modifying, protein-based molecule that when eaten, makes sour or bitter food taste sweet, hence the species epithet 'dulcificum' -- meaning 'very sweet'. Edible Plant Parts (Edible Fruits). Food (Herb and SpiceFruit & Vegetable).
 
Pouteria dulcifica (Schumach & Thonn) Baehni
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