The scientific name for this miracle fruit is:
Synsepalum Dulcificum Daniell Sapoctaceae
Origin: tropical West Africa (especially Ghana)
Common names: miracle fruit, magical fruit, sour to sweet magical fruit, miracle berry, magic berry, miraculous berry.
Growth: it’s an ever green bush or a tree growing to 18 feet in its native habitant and up to 5 feet in other places.
Fruit: it’s a small red bright berry that is 2-3 cm approximately, although the fruit it self isn’t sweet but when you eat a single fruit and its pulp allowed to coat the taste buds of the tongue inside the mouth, and then the magical impact starts to happen, whatever you eat after that will taste heavenly sweet even if it’s a slice of lemon as the aroma and inherent of the lemon stays but the taste completely changes, you want taste bitterness instead you will taste sweetness and this impact will stay for 30 minutes or more.
Flower: small 1\4 inch flowers are produced and succulent through out most of the year.
If you want to grow one indoors keep it in a bright warm place and in summer move it to a shaded spot.
Soils: the perfect must have soil for the miracle fruit is acid soil, acidity between pH 4.5 to 5.8 is preferred, you can get that by mixing Canadian acid peat and pine bark in equal quantities, also perlite and peat mixers produce great results, you should allow the roots of the plant to fill the container before transplanting it to a new bigger one.
Irrigation: the plant doesn’t like to sit in wet soil so be sure your soil is well drained, the need highly humid conditions because they come from a very hot tropical habitant, you can also maintain this humidity level in winter by bringing a clear plastic bag and support it with a wooden frame or a wire frame.
Or just place the container on a tray with stones at the bottom then fill it up to the top of the stones with water.
Fertilization: the usage of water soluble fertilizer like MIRACID and following the directions will give you great results, you will have to use this sparingly with frequency dependant on the growing season as in summer months you will have to fertilize more frequently.
No need to prune the miracle fruit plant.
Be aware of the spider mites, mealy bugs and other indoor pots pests, waterlogged plant will succumb to root rot.
Use : Freeze dried miracle fruit are made into miracle berry tablets and miracle fruit tablets which can then be used to experience the taste trip.