Plant Details

Accepted name:: Synsepalum dulcificum (Schumach. & Thonn.) Daniell [Sapotaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
buah ajaib	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
injai	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kpatado	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
miracle fruit	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
miraculous berry	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
miraculous fruit	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Fruit		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
leaves	dry leaves	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
seed		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Bakeriella dulcifica (Schumach. & Thonn.) Dubard Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, sér. 2, 10: 28 (1912).
Bumelia dulcifica Schumach. & Thonn. Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 130 (1827).
Pouteria dulcifica (Schumach. & Thonn.) Baehni Candollea 9: 276 (1942).
Richardella dulcifica (Schumach. & Thonn.) Baehni Boissiera 11: 97 (1965).
Sideroxylon dulcificum (Schumach. & Thonn.) A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 183 (1844).
Synsepalum glycydora Wernham J. Bot. 55: 82 (1917).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Synsepalum dulciferum	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Synsepalum dulcificum	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Synsepalum dulcificum (Sch. & Thon.) Daniell.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Synsepalum dulcificum (Schum. & Thonn.) Daniell	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Synsepalum dulcificum (Schumach & Thonn.) Daniell	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
Synsepalum dulcificum (Schumach. & Thonn.) Daniell	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Synsepalum dulcificum (Schumacher & Thonn.) Daniell	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

The following online resources may contain further information about this plant. Please click on any link to search that resource. You may search using the accepted name alone OR using the accepted name and all of its synonyms simultaneously.

Search using just the accepted name

NCBI — (Including Pubmed & GenBank)

— Europe PubMed Central

Google Images

Google Scholar

Encyclopedia of Life

Search using all scientific names used for this plant:

NCBI — (Including Pubmed & GenBank)

— Europe PubMed Central

Google Images