Capparis masaikai, known as Mabinlang, grow in the subtropical region of the Yunnan province of
China and bear fruits of tennis-ball size. The matured seed are used in traditional Chinese medicine.
They are also used as sweets: when chewed the seeds elicits a sweet taste.
The actives exhibiting sweet taste were identified as sweet-tasting proteins and named . They are highly sweet, 100-400 times sweeter then sucrose on a weight basis.
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