Physalis angulata
Species of flowering plant
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Physalis angulata is an erect herbaceous annual plant belonging to the nightshade family Solanaceae. Its leaves are dark green and roughly ovate, often with serrate margins. The flowers are five-sided and pale yellow; the yellow-orange fruits are borne inside a balloon-like calyx. The exact native range is uncertain.[2][3][4] The species may be naturally endemic to Australia[5] or the Americas[6] or the native range may encompass both the Americas and Australia.[7][5] It is now widely distributed and naturalized in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide.
| Physalis angulata | |
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| Cutleaf groundcherry | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Solanaceae |
| Genus: | Physalis |
| Species: | P. angulata |
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| Physalis angulata | |
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The plant produces edible fruit that can be eaten raw, cooked, jammed, etc. However, all other parts of the plant are poisonous.[8] Members of the Toba-Pilagá ethnic group of Gran Chaco traditionally eat the ripe fruits raw.[9] Unripe raw fruits, flowers, leaves, and stems of the plant contain solanine and solanidine alkaloids that may cause poisoning if ingested by humans, cattle, or horses.[10][11]
Vernacular names
Language Common names English angular winter cherry,[12] balloon cherry,[12] cutleaf groundcherry,[12][13] gooseberry,[12] hogweed,[12] wild tomato, camapu, and others Spanish bolsa mullaca[14] Malayalam njottanjodiyan, mottaampuli Indonesian ceplukan, ciplukan Sundanese cecendet Suriname batoto wiwiri Meru Nkabakabu Egyptian Arabic Hrankash Yoruba Koropo Guarani Kamambu
