Accession Data:
Synsepalum dulcificum (Schumach. & Thonn.) Daniell
- Common Name: Miracle Fruit
- Family: Sapotaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: tropical west Africa
- Habitat: hot, wet tropical lowlands
- USDA Zone: 10b-11
Accession Data:
- Accession # 201300006
- Source: Logees
- Accession Date: 01-25-2013
- Bench: 1111 - AFR:Ground Bed 1 SE
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 12-11-2018
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: asterids
- Order: Ericales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Sapotaceae
- SubFamily: Chrysophylloideae
- Tribe:
- SubTribe:
Flowering Data:
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References (internal):
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Benin / Ghana / Ivory Coast / Nigeria / Central African Republic / Cameroon / Congo / Gabon / Zaire
References (external):
- How a small red fruit performs taste miracles @ NPR
- Human sweet taste receptor mediates acid-induced sweetness of miraculin @ PNAS
- California Rare Fuit Growers Fruit Facts Online
- The Plant List (2010). Version 1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 4 November 2013).
- Synsepalum dulcificum. (2011, June 18). Wikispecies, . Retrieved 13:00, November 4, 2013
- WCSP (2013). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families'. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
- The Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, 2013-07-01. Accessed on 2013-11-04
data regenerated on Tue, 11 Dec 2018 10:27:41 -0500 [bcm v4.0]
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Current Accessions in the Sapotaceae
Subfamily Chrysophylloideae
Subfamily Sapotoideae
Tribe Sapoteae
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