Physalis angulata

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

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. 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.

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]

  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. ^ a b "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.