Physalis angulata

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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
Binomial name
Physalis angulata
L.
Synonyms [1]
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    • Boberella angulata(L.) E.H.L.Krause
    • Physalis abyssinicaNees
    • Physalis angulata var. capsicifolia(Dunal) Griseb.
    • Physalis angulata var. dubiaKuntze
    • Physalis angulata var. lanceifolia(Nees) Waterf.
    • Physalis angulata f. linkiana(Nees) Stehlé
    • Physalis angulata var. linkiana(Nees) A.Gray
    • Physalis angulata var. normalisKuntze
    • Physalis angulata var. pendula(Rydb.) Waterf.
    • Physalis angulata f. ramosissima(Mill.) Stehlé
    • Physalis angulata var. ramosissima(Mill.) O.E.Schulz
    • Physalis angulata f. tenuisHassl.
    • Physalis angulata var. villosaBonati
    • Physalis arenariaNees
    • Physalis bodinieriH.Lév. & Vaniot
    • Physalis capsicifoliaDunal
    • Physalis ciliataSiebold & Zucc.
    • Physalis cuneataRusby
    • Physalis dubiaLink
    • Physalis esquiroliiH.Lév. & Vaniot
    • Physalis faurieiH.Lév. & Vaniot
    • Physalis glaberrimaColla
    • Physalis hermanniiDunal
    • Physalis ixocarpaNees
    • Physalis lanceifoliaNees
    • Physalis linkianaNees
    • Physalis linkiana var. arenariaDunal
    • Physalis linkiana var. venosaDunal
    • Physalis margaranthoidesRusby
    • Physalis micranthaLink
    • Physalis minimaL.
    • Physalis parvifloraR.Br.
    • Physalis pendulaRydb.
    • Physalis ramosissimaMill.
    • Physalis repensNakai
    • Physalis surinamensisMiq.
    • Saracha angulataM.Martens & Galeotti
Fruits of Physalis angulata. Ceplukan cilatuik Physalis angulata hariadhi.jpg
Fruits of Physalis angulata.

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.

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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

References

  1. "Physalis angulata L." Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  2. "Factsheet - Physalis angulata (Wild Gooseberry)". keys.lucidcentral.org. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  3. Travlos, Ilias (7 January 2022). Physalis angulata (cutleaf groundcherry) (Report). doi: 10.1079/cabicompendium.40711 .
  4. "Physalis angulata". keyserver.lucidcentral.org. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Factsheet - Physalis". www.flora.sa.gov.au. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  6. "Physalis angulata L. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  7. "NT Flora". eflora.nt.gov.au. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  8. "Physalis angulata (cut-leaved ground-cherry): Go Botany". gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  9. Arenas, Pastor; Kamienkowski, Nicolás Martín (December 2013). "Ethnobotany of the Genus Physalis L. (Solanaceae) in the South American Gran Chaco". Candollea. 68 (2): 251–266. doi:10.15553/c2012v682a9. hdl: 11336/8358 . ISSN   0373-2967.
  10. "Physalis". North Carolina State University, Extension Gardener. 2023. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  11. "Ground cherry, Chinese lantern". Guide to Poisonous Plants, Colorado State University. 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 "Physalis angulata". Germplasm Resources Information Network . Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture . Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  13. Physalis angulata (USDA)
  14. Rengifo-Salgado, E; Vargas-Arana, G (2013). "Physalis angulata L.(Bolsa Mullaca): a review of its traditional uses, chemistry and pharmacology". Boletín Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Plantas Medicinales y Aromáticas. 12 (5): 431–445.