Miracle fruit is an African indigenous plant that derives its name from the miraculin-containing red berry, which can make sour and acidic foods taste sweeter. Dietary uses of the miracle fruit ...

The miracle fruit plant is also known in Hawaii as a landscape shrub. “It’s a dooryard tree,” Nahl said, referring to plants used to fill empty spaces and serve as decorative accents around ...

Miracle fruit comes from a shrubby plant known to botanists as Synsepalum dulcificum or Richadella dulcifica. Its secret ingredient is a compound called miraculin ...

Miracle fruit plants grow best in acid soils with a pH between 4.5 and 5.8. Though the plants can tolerate some drought and sunny heat, they grow best in partial shade with high humidity.

The fruit "Is just a miracle or a kind of magic," Dr. Keiko Abe, a food scientist from the University of Tokyo, told Discovery News. "Beer tastes like sweet juice. Lemon tastes like sweet orange." ...

The plants dependably produce more flowers and fruit toward the end of rainy season or when soil moisture is maintained. White quarter-inch flowers will appear in flushes nearly year-round.

From time to time, the berry pops up in Miami, and the Fruit & Spice Park has a miracle fruit tree on property. Online suppliers sell the berries for about $2.50 each -- making them an expensive ...