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2 Is there a miracle berry ?
Reports of a "miracle berry", native to West Africa, which scrambles flavour perception so that sour foods taste sweet, and sweetness is magnified (lemon tastes like lemonade, tomatoes into cherry, etc).The newspaper report I have does not state the "miracle berry" name.
Does anyone have further information on this ?
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07.31.09
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The "miracle berry", or "miracle fruit", is actually ***Synsepalum dulcificum*.** The molecules responsible for this change in taste are called *Miraculin*, so sometimes the entire miracle berry is referred to using that name.
Information about growing the plant itself can be found at the California Rare Fruit Growers Site. http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/miraclefruit.html
You can also find links to additional articles here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_fruit
Information about growing the plant itself can be found at the California Rare Fruit Growers Site. http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/miraclefruit.html
You can also find links to additional articles here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_fruit
References
[1] Miracle Fruit, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_fruit
It does indeed sound pretty awesome. I first heard about it on TV maybe in 2002 and always wanted to try it!
