is a plant native to tropical Africa.  It belongs to the Sapotaceae family  

是一種原產於熱帶非洲的植物。它屬於山楂科

and is scientifically classified under the  kingdom Plantae, in the order Ericales. Its  

，科學上屬於植物界，杜鵑目。它的

other common names include the miraculous  berry, Miracle Fruit, and sweet berry.

其他常見名稱包括神奇漿果、奇蹟果和甜漿果。

The Miracle Berry is renowned for its unique  property of altering the taste of sour foods to  

奇蹟莓以其將酸味食物的味道變成

sweet. This is possible due to a glycoprotein  molecule found in the berry called miraculin,  

甜味的獨特特性而聞名。這是可能的，因為漿果中存在一種稱為「奇蹟蛋白」的糖蛋白分子，

which binds to the tongue's taste buds  when the fleshy part of the fruit is eaten.

當吃掉水果的肉質部分時，它會與舌頭的味蕾結合。

At neutral pH, miraculin binds and blocks the  receptors, but when sour foods are consumed,  

在中性pH值下，奇蹟蛋白結合併阻斷受體，但當食用酸味食物時，

resulting in a lower pH, miraculin binds  proteins and activates the sweet receptors,  

導致pH值降低，奇蹟蛋白結合蛋白質並激活甜味受體，

leading to the perception of a sweet taste.

導致甜味的感覺。