The Miracle Fruit Plant, sometimes known as Miracle Berry, or Magic Berry (Sideroxylon dulcificum/Synsepalum dulcificum) is a plant first documented by an explorer during a 1725 excursion to its native West Africa. It is an evergreen plant that produces small red berries the size of small grapes throughout the year. These fruits have been consumed for hundreds of years with no reported ill effects. Growing instructions click here.

It prefers an acidic well draining soil with 50% sunlight or less as a container plant. It does well indoors and is happy on a windowsill. Easy to care for and slow growing. Few pests and fewer diseases. Prefers high humidity and to be kept warm. Will not tolerate a frost.

The berry is slightly sweet, and contains an active glycoprotein molecule called miraculin. When eaten this molecule binds to the tongue’s taste buds, causing bitter and sour foods (such as lemons and limes) consumed later to taste sweet. This effect lasts between thirty minutes and two hours. It is not a sweetener, as its effects depend on what is eaten afterwards, but has been used to sweeten bitter medicines and some chemotherapy aftertaste. Most famous for the sweet lemon trick; eat a miracle fruit and lemons taste sweet. Learn more click here.

Availability is on a first come first served basis. At present we have over 300 plants in various sizes. But due to an automatic fertilizer / acid system malfunction in April our plants have lost more than half of their leaves and are only now forming new leaves and showing signs of strong recovery. To protect them from total leaf loss due to the root stress we cut back every leaf on many plants. These heavily cut back plants are forming new leaves fast and should fully recover within the next few months. Every plant pictured had far more leaves and will again soon. These are tough plants and even ones that lost every leaf are coming back strong! Growing instructions click here.

The Plants that are currently offered are the best we have. The pictures to the right are our average plants in that range. Click on them for a close up view! They are guaranteed to thrive with the proper care. Complete instructions will be included. DUE TO RAPID DEMAND AND SALES, AVAILABLE PLANTS NOW HAVE FEWER LEAVES THAN ARE PICTURED. ALL WILL HAVE NEW LEAF GROWTH.

*To be fair we accept orders and fill them in the order they were placed. Once we are sold out of any category below, any orders placed in excess of our saleable stock will be held till we can fill it, we will contact you and let you know the expected wait time...if not acceptable any monies collected will be refunded immediately.

Prices below are discounted due to the current plant appearance and will rise as we start to sell out and the plants fully recover. Supply has never been strong for this very slow growing plant but as an investment it can not be beat...One 16" plant 4 years old, gave us 75, 100, and 140 fruits during its past 3 fruitings 3-4 months apart. Learn more click here.

HOW OUR WAIT LIST WORKS: You must completly fill out our order form. You will 1st get an order #, then will be asked for payment information. If you are on a waiting list payment is not manditory. When we have stock of fruit or plants we will contact you. If we are not able to reach you within a day or two for payment, we will skip your order. If you choose to pay by credit card (second option) we will not charge your card until we are ready to ship. Please make it easy for us to reach you by adding your phone# and email.

Growing instructions click here

$18 first pound, $10 each additional

Fresh Miracle Fruits

4" Seedlings

12-14" Average Plant

16-18" Average Plant

Lost every leaf !

Coming Back Strong