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Physalis angulata L.
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Tropical America, cultivated elsewhere and sometimes casual.
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Sus frutos son comestibles.
Herbs annual, 30-50 cm tall, sparsely pubescent or glabrescent. Stems much branched. Petiole 1-5 cm; leaf blade ovate to elliptic, 3-6 × 2-4 cm, glabrescent, base cuneate or broadly cuneate, margin entire or dentate, apex acuminate or acute. Pedicel 5-12 mm. Calyx divided about halfway, 4-5 mm; lobes lanceolate, ciliate. Corolla pale yellow or white, spotted in throat, 4-6 × 6-8 mm. Fruiting calyx ovoid, 1.5-2.5 cm in diam. Berry ca. 1.2 cm in diam. Seeds discoid, ca. 2 mm. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Jul-Dec.
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Physalis angulata is an erect, herbaceous, annual plant belonging to the nightshade family Solanaceae. It is known by several names, including angular winter cherry,[2] balloon cherry,[2] cutleaf groundcherry,[2][3] gooseberry,[2] hogweed,[2] wild tomato, camapu, and occasionally other common names for the genus Physalis. It reproduces by seed. Its leaves are dark green and roughly oval, often with tooth shapes around the edge. The flowers are five-sided and pale yellow; the yellow-orange fruits are born inside a balloon-like calyx. It is native to the Americas, but is now widely distributed and naturalized in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide.
It is related to, but not to be confused with Physalis peruviana, the Cape gooseberry, a fruit native to, and cultivated in the western Andes, and exported worldwide.
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References[edit]
- ^ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- ^ a b c d e "USDA GRIN Taxonomy". Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- ^ Physalis angulata (USDA)
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450-1700 m
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Guyana: monkey-gun, pap-bush, papoose. Surinam: batotobita.
"Annual herbs; branches angular. Leaves 3-7 x 1.5-3 cm, ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, base cuneate, unequal sided, margins dentate or sinuate, sometimes entire, apex acute, glabrous or sparsely pubescent; petiole to 4 cm long. Flowers axillary, solitary; pedicels c. 8 mm long. Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed, c. 2.5 cm across in fruit. Corolla pale-yellow with a purple base, campanulate, c. 8 mm across; limb plicate, shortly lobed. Stamens 5, unequal; anthers oblong. Style linear; stigma obscurely 2-lobed. Berry c. 7 mm across, globose, enclosed by the inflated calyx. Seeds many, discoid, minutely rugose."
Habit: Herb