Details for: PI 73071, Synsepalum dulcificum (Schumach.) Daniell, Miracle fruit


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Synsepalum dulcificum (Schumach.) Daniell
Top Name:
Miracle fruit
Origin:
Collected – Cameroon
Received by NPGS:
15 Apr 2004
PI Assigned:
1927
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
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Distributed as: Seeds, Available: Intermittently
  
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Synsepalum dulcificum (Schumach.) Daniell
Top Name:
Miracle fruit
Origin:
Collected – Cameroon
Received by NPGS:
15 Apr 2004
PI Assigned:
1927
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Source History
Collected
10 February 1927.
Cameroon
Comment: Botanic Gardens, Victoria.
Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Miracle fruit
Type: Local name

TARS 1995
Type: Site identifier

Narrative
An ornamental tropical African shrub about 6 feet high, with dark-red fruits, which, when eaten, make sour things taste sweet.
Synsepalum dulcificum (Schumach.) Daniell
Genus:
Synsepalum
Family:
Sapotaceae
Subfamily:
Chrysophylloideae
Nomen number:

36056
Place of publication:

Pharm. J. Trans. 11:445. 1852
Verified:
11/20/1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Bumelia dulcifica Schumach.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Richardella dulcifica (Schumach.) Baehni
Sideroxylon dulcificum (Schumach.) A. DC.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishmiracle-fruit  1Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Englishmiraculous-berry  1Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
Frenchfruit miraculeux  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishmirakelbär  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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