Iapapa Berry

Iapapa Berry イアのみ Ia Fruit No. 15

Size (in) Size (cm) Firmness 8.8" 22.3cm Soft Tag Description Generation III The Berry is very big and sour. It takes at least a day to grow. Generation IV This Berry is very big and sour. The juiciness of the pulp accentuates the sourness. Bag Description Generation III A hold item that restores HP but may confuse. Generation IV A Poffin ingredient. If held by a Pokémon, it restores the user' HP in a pinch, but may also cause confusion. Generation V If held by a Pokémon, it restores the user's HP in a pinch, but will cause confusion if it hates the taste. Effect Heals 1/8 of HP, but confuses Pokémon that do not like the sour flavor. Origin Name Papaya Design Papaya Natural Gift Type Dark Power 60 Ice Cream Scoop Flavor 1 Flavor 2 Flavor 3 Scoop Stickiness Growth Generation III Planted 0 hours Sprouted 6 hours Taller 12 hours Flowering 18 hours Berries 24 hours Generation IV Planted 0 hours Sprouted 5 hours Taller 10 hours Flowering 15 hours Berries 20 hours Flavor Generation III   SPICY DRY SWEET BITTER SOUR   0 0 0 -1 +1 Generation IV             0 SPICY       0 DRY       0 SWEET       0 BITTER       15 SOUR

Iapapa Berry (Japanese: イアのみ Ia Fruit) is a type of Berry introduced in Generation III.

Locations

Growth and harvest

Generation III

An Iapapa Berry will mature from a planted seed to a full-grown, fruit-bearing tree in 24 hours, with 6 hours per stage. An Iapapa tree will yield 2-3 berries.

Generation IV

An Iapapa Berry will mature from a planted seed to a full-grown, fruit-bearing tree in 20 hours, with 5 hours per stage. An Iapapa tree will yield 1-5 berries.

Berry Blending

Berry Crushing

Poffin Cooking

At 100% performance, an Iapapa berry can produce a level 23 Sour Poffin when cooking alone.

In the anime

In the anime

In Oshawott's Lost Scalchop!, Ash's Oshawott used an Iapapa Berry as a temporary replacement for his lost scalchop. However, it ultimately failed when Ash's Pikachu used Thunderbolt on it and it got split in half and was burned. Iris and Cilan tasted the berry afterwards and claimed that it brought out the flavor.

Names

← Aguav Berry

Berries

Razz Berry →

This Pokémon article is part of Project BerryDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Berry in the Pokémon series.