Miracle fruit
அற்புதப் பழம்മിറക്കിൾ ഫ്രൂട്ട്
Synsepalum dulcificum (Schumach. & Thonn.) Daniell
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- —
- tall
- 3.1 m
- wide
- —
Sapotaceae
Also called Miraculous berry
Formerly Bakeriella dulcifica, Bumelia dulcifica, Pouteria dulcifica, Richardella dulcifica, and 2 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- W. & WC. Trop. AfricaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from Wikipedia, one source
- Height
- 1.8 m to 4.5 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- WhiteRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: spread, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (3)
- Chinese
- 神秘果, 變味果
- Tamil
- அற்புதப் பழம்
- Malayalam
- മിറക്കിൾ ഫ്രൂട്ട്, മിറാക്കിൾ ഫ്രൂട്ട്
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- 3D model: Synsepalum dulcificum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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