Physalis angulata

Physalis angulata is an erect herbaceous annual plant belonging to the nightshade family Solanaceae. 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 borne inside a balloon-like calyx. It is native to the Americas, but is now widely distributed and naturalized in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide.

For other plants called gooseberry, see List of gooseberries.

Physalis angulata
Cutleaf groundcherry
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Physalis
Species:
P. angulata
Binomial name
Physalis angulata
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Boberella angulata (L.) E.H.L.Krause
    • Physalis abyssinica Nees
    • Physalis angulata var. capsicifolia (Dunal) Griseb.
    • Physalis angulata var. dubia Kuntze
    • Physalis angulata var. lanceifolia (Nees) Waterf.
    • Physalis angulata f. linkiana (Nees) Stehlé
    • Physalis angulata var. linkiana (Nees) A.Gray
    • Physalis angulata var. normalis Kuntze
    • Physalis angulata var. pendula (Rydb.) Waterf.
    • Physalis angulata f. ramosissima (Mill.) Stehlé
    • Physalis angulata var. ramosissima (Mill.) O.E.Schulz
    • Physalis angulata f. tenuis Hassl.
    • Physalis angulata var. villosa Bonati
    • Physalis arenaria Nees
    • Physalis bodinieri H.Lév. & Vaniot
    • Physalis capsicifolia Dunal
    • Physalis ciliata Siebold & Zucc.
    • Physalis cuneata Rusby
    • Physalis dubia Link
    • Physalis esquirolii H.Lév. & Vaniot
    • Physalis fauriei H.Lév. & Vaniot
    • Physalis glaberrima Colla
    • Physalis hermannii Dunal
    • Physalis ixocarpa Nees
    • Physalis lanceifolia Nees
    • Physalis linkiana Nees
    • Physalis linkiana var. arenaria Dunal
    • Physalis linkiana var. venosa Dunal
    • Physalis margaranthoides Rusby
    • Physalis micrantha Link
    • Physalis minima L.
    • Physalis parviflora R.Br.
    • Physalis pendula Rydb.
    • Physalis ramosissima Mill.
    • Physalis repens Nakai
    • Physalis surinamensis Miq.
    • Saracha angulata M.Martens & Galeotti

The plant produces edible fruit that can be eaten raw, cooked, jammed, etc. However, all other parts of the plant are poisonous.[2] Members of the Toba-Pilagá ethnic group of Gran Chaco traditionally eat the ripe fruits raw.[3]

Vernacular names
  • English common names include: angular winter cherry,[4] balloon cherry,[4] cutleaf groundcherry,[4][5] gooseberry,[4] hogweed,[4] wild tomato, camapu, and occasionally other common names for the genus Physalis.
  • In Spanish it is known as bolsa mullaca[6]
  • In Malayalam it is known as njottanjodiyan and mottaampuli.
  • In Indonesian it is known as ceplukan or ciplukan.
  • In Suriname it is known as batoto wiwiri.
  • In Meru it is known as Nkabakabu.
  • In Egyptian Arabic it is known as Hrankash.
  • In Yoruba it is known as Koropo

References
  1. "Physalis angulata L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  2. "Physalis angulata (cut-leaved ground-cherry): Go Botany". gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  3. 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. ISSN 0373-2967.
  4. "Physalis angulata". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  5. Physalis angulata (USDA)
  6. 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.


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