Miraculin is a taste modifier, a glycoprotein extracted from the fruit of Synsepalum dulcificum. The berry, also known as the miracle fruit, was documented by explorer Chevalier des Marchais, who searched for many different fruits during a 1725 excursion to its native West Africa.
Synsepalum dulcificum is a plant known for its berry that, when eaten, causes sour foods subsequently consumed to taste sweet. This effect is due to miraculin. Common names for this species and its berry include miracle fruit, miracle berry, miraculous berry, sweet berry, and in West Africa, where the species originates, agbayun, taami, asaa, and ledidi.
Miracle berry may refer to:
Pouteria is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical regions of the world. It includes the Canistel, the Mamey Sapote and the Lucuma. Commonly, this genus is known as pouteria trees or, in some cases, eggfruits.
Synsepalum is a genus of trees and shrubs in the chicle family, Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1852.
Synsepalum brevipes is a shrub or medium-sized to large tree in the family Sapotaceae, that is native to the African tropics and subtropics.
Synsepalum aubrevillei is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is found in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana, and is threatened by habitat loss.
Synsepalum brenanii is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to Cameroon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Synsepalum glycydora is a species of plant in the Sapotaceae family. It is endemic to Nigeria. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Synsepalum subverticillatum is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to Kenya.
Synsepalum tsounkpe is a species of tree in the family Sapotaceae with edible fruit. It is endemic to Côte d'Ivoire. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Gutenbergia is a genus of African flowering plants in the daisy family.
Cassia abbreviata, commonly known as the Sjambok pod or Long-tail cassia, is a mostly tropical tree species in the genus Cassia, which is native to Africa.
Euptera elabontas, the common euptera, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. Its habitat consists of forests.
Catuna crithea, the common pathfinder, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and northern and western Zambia. The habitat consists of dense lowland forests and the riverine forest floor.
Etesiolaus catori, the small green sapphire or Cator's sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. The habitat consists of forests.
Blastobasis acirfa is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in Kenya. The habitat consists of coastal lowlands and the western highlands.
Pycnostachys is a genus of plants in the Lamiaceae family, first described in 1826. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa including Madagascar.
- Pycnostachys abyssinicaFresen. - Ethiopia
- Pycnostachys angolensisG.Taylor - Angola
- Pycnostachys batesiiBaker - Cameroon, Zaïre, Sudan, Uganda
- Pycnostachys chevalieriBriq. - Central African Republic
- Pycnostachys ciliataBramley - Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia
- Pycnostachys coeruleaHook. - East Africa from Ethiopia to Botswana; Madagascar
- Pycnostachys congensisGürke - Zaïre, Zambia
- Pycnostachys de-wildemanianaRobyns & Lebrun - East Africa from Burundi to Zimbabwe
- Pycnostachys deflexifoliaBaker - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
- Pycnostachys descampsiiBriq. - Zaïre
- Pycnostachys elliotiiS.Moore - Zaïre, Uganda
- Pycnostachys eminiiGürke - from Cameroon to Ethiopia + Tanzania
- Pycnostachys erici-roseniiR.E.Fr - Zaïre, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda
- Pycnostachys goetzeniiGürke - Zaïre, Uganda, Rwanda
- Pycnostachys gracilisR.D.Good - Angola
- Pycnostachys graminifoliaPerkins - Tanzania
- Pycnostachys kassneriDe Wild - Zaïre, Zambia, Tanzania
- Pycnostachys lancifoliaBramley - Tanzania
- Pycnostachys meyeriGürke - western + central Africa
- Pycnostachys nepetifoliaBaker - Kenya
- Pycnostachys niamniamensisGürke - South Sudan, Kenya, Uganda
- Pycnostachys orthodontaGürke - Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia, Tanzania
- Pycnostachys parvifoliaBaker - Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi
- Pycnostachys prittwitziiPerkins - Zambia, Tanzania
- Pycnostachys pseudospeciosaBuscal. & Muschl. - Zaïre, Zambia
- Pycnostachys recurvataRyding - Ethiopia
- Pycnostachys reticulata(E.Mey.) Benth. - central + southern Africa
- Pycnostachys ruandensisDe Wild. - east-central Africa
- Pycnostachys schliebeniiMildbr. - east-central Africa
- Pycnostachys schweinfurthiiBriq - western + central Africa
- Pycnostachys speciosaGürke - Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda
- Pycnostachys sphaerocephalaBaker - Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi, Zaïre
- Pycnostachys stuhlmanniiGürke - central Africa
- Pycnostachys umbrosa(Vatke) Perkins - Kenya, Tanzania
- Pycnostachys urticifoliaHook. - southeastern Africa
- Pycnostachys verticillataBaker - Zambia, Tanzania
Amorphospermum is a genus of plants in the Sapotaceae family described as a genus in 1870.
