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Miracle
Fruit
(Synsepalum dulcificum) |
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Fruit are very small red berries which act on the sour taste buds
to make sour tasting food taste sweet. Comes from West Africa. Enjoy
a lemon as if it was an orange.
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Soil
Characteristics |
Acid, moist soils
are preferred. |
| Climate Requirements |
Warm
humid areas - can grow in most parts of the tropics and subtropics.
Killed by frosts. |
| Culture |
Shade and wind
protection are needed when young. Shrubs are slow growing to
3 meters. Usually grown from seed. |
| Harvesting |
Can bear at any
time in Northern Australia. Dormant phases generally last 4
to 6 weeks. Flowers to fruit takes only 3-4 weeks. |
Length of time
until first crop |
Four
years. |
| Marketing Notes |
Not
a commercial species although there have been some reports of
medical use to ease the taste of yukky medicine. A great plant
to boggle guests taste buds, but not before the beer. |
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Food Preparation
You should eat the berries immediately
on picking. We have found that if they are stored in the refrigerator
for a day or so, they often lose their effectiveness in changing
the tastebuds. Further information
Californian
Rare Fruit Growers: Fruit Facts - Miracle Fruit
This page describes the plant in detail and how to grow it.
The
Miracle Fruit Blog - Watch the video of trying the
berry, and the story of how miracle fruit were banned in the USA
in the 1970s.
Rare Fruit Australia - Rare Fruit Review 2006 - 'Its
a Miracle' by Ian and Dawn Wilson
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Cape
Tribulation Bed and Breakfast accommodation on an exotic tropical fruit
orchard in the heart of the Daintree Rainforest
Cape Trib Exotic Fruit Farm, Lot 5 Nicole Drive, Cape Tribulation, Queensland,
4873, Australia - Tel: 0740 980057 - Fax: 0740 980067
digby@capetrib.com.au.
Last updated
January 1, 2012
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