After visiting the biscuit factory, we visited Yong Sheng Dragon Fruit Farm.
Miracle Fruit (神奇果)
Miracle Fruit Plant. Not very big and can be grown in a flower pot.
Miracle Fruit carries a scientific name Synsepalum dulcificum. It is very special becuase after eating it for, all sour and bitter foods will taste sweet :-) We tried the fruit in the farm and a few minutes after, lemon and lime taste as sweet as honey :-)Wikipedia explains how it works:
"The berry contains an active glycoprotein molecule, with some trailing carbohydrate chains, called miraculin. When the fleshy part of the fruit is eaten, this molecule binds to the tongue's taste buds, causing bitter and sour foods to taste sweet. While the exact cause for this change is unknown, one hypothesis is that the effect may be caused if miraculin works by distorting the shape of sweetness receptors "so that they become responsive to acids, instead of sugar and other sweet things." This effect lasts between thirty minutes and two hours."
You can read the whole article here.
I purchased a few plants back. The big one which alreay starts to bear fruit cost RM50 and the small one cost RM20.
Passion fruit
A zoom in view
Giant Ciku. The fruit can grow as heavy as 0.65kg :-)
Kedondong
Custard apple
Winged bean
Dragon Fruit plants
Dragon Fruits for sale. RM6 per kg 
Dragon Fruit enzyme
Oil Palm fruits
A zoom in view
A photo with the farm owner, also a Foochow :-)
To be continued and see you next post :-)
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