Non scientific name details for miracle fruit - Medicinal Plant Names Services

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Non-scientific name:

miracle fruit

2 Accepted name(s) for "miracle fruit":

Accepted name
Synsepalum dulcificum (Schumach. & Thonn.) Daniell
Gymnema sylvestre (Retz.) R.Br. ex Sm.

4 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources:	Scientific names as used in medicinal source:	MPNS matched scientific names:	Accepted name:	Trade forms:	Plant parts:
Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)	Synsepalum dulcificum (Schumach & Thonn.) Daniell	Synsepalum dulcificum (Schumach. & Thonn.) Daniell	Synsepalum dulcificum (Schumach. & Thonn.) Daniell		Fruit
Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)	Synsepalum dulcificum (Sch. & Thon.) Daniell.	Synsepalum dulcificum (Schumach. & Thonn.) Daniell	Synsepalum dulcificum (Schumach. & Thonn.) Daniell
PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)	Gymnema sylvestre (Retz.) R.Br. ex Schult.	Gymnema sylvestre (Retz.) R.Br. ex Sm.	Gymnema sylvestre (Retz.) R.Br. ex Sm.
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)	Gymnema sylvestre (Retz.) R.br. Ex Sm.	Gymnema sylvestre (Retz.) R.Br. ex Sm.	Gymnema sylvestre (Retz.) R.Br. ex Sm.

11 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "miracle fruit":

Non-scientific names:	Class of name:	Medicinal sources:
australian cowplant	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
buah ajaib	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chi geng teng	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gurmar	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gymnema	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
injai	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
meshashiringi	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
miraculous berry	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
miraculous fruit	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
periploca of the woods	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
ram’s horn	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)