Miracle Berry - Ready Soon!
Synsepalum dulcificum
West African, low sugar berry that makes sour foods temporarily taste sweet!!!
An evergreen bush that produces fruit 2 times per year usually after 2 - 3 years. Tolerant of drought and full sun, but prefers wet and dappled shade. Can easily be grown in containers!
Grown both from plant cuttings and from seed - red and black variations.
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synsepalum_dulcificum:
“It contains a glycoprotein molecule, with some trailing carbohydrate chains, called miraculin.[10] When the fleshy part of the fruit is eaten, this molecule binds to the tongue's taste buds, causing sour foods to taste sweet. At neutral pH, miraculin binds and blocks the receptors, but at low pH (resulting from ingestion of sour foods) miraculin binds proteins and becomes able to activate the sweet receptors, resulting in the perception of sweet taste.[11] This effect lasts until the protein is washed away by saliva (up to about 30 minutes).[12]”
Synsepalum dulcificum
West African, low sugar berry that makes sour foods temporarily taste sweet!!!
An evergreen bush that produces fruit 2 times per year usually after 2 - 3 years. Tolerant of drought and full sun, but prefers wet and dappled shade. Can easily be grown in containers!
Grown both from plant cuttings and from seed - red and black variations.
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synsepalum_dulcificum:
“It contains a glycoprotein molecule, with some trailing carbohydrate chains, called miraculin.[10] When the fleshy part of the fruit is eaten, this molecule binds to the tongue's taste buds, causing sour foods to taste sweet. At neutral pH, miraculin binds and blocks the receptors, but at low pH (resulting from ingestion of sour foods) miraculin binds proteins and becomes able to activate the sweet receptors, resulting in the perception of sweet taste.[11] This effect lasts until the protein is washed away by saliva (up to about 30 minutes).[12]”
Synsepalum dulcificum
West African, low sugar berry that makes sour foods temporarily taste sweet!!!
An evergreen bush that produces fruit 2 times per year usually after 2 - 3 years. Tolerant of drought and full sun, but prefers wet and dappled shade. Can easily be grown in containers!
Grown both from plant cuttings and from seed - red and black variations.
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synsepalum_dulcificum:
“It contains a glycoprotein molecule, with some trailing carbohydrate chains, called miraculin.[10] When the fleshy part of the fruit is eaten, this molecule binds to the tongue's taste buds, causing sour foods to taste sweet. At neutral pH, miraculin binds and blocks the receptors, but at low pH (resulting from ingestion of sour foods) miraculin binds proteins and becomes able to activate the sweet receptors, resulting in the perception of sweet taste.[11] This effect lasts until the protein is washed away by saliva (up to about 30 minutes).[12]”