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''Physalis angulata'' is an erect herbaceous annual plant belonging to the nightshade family
''Physalis angulata'' is an erect herbaceous annual plant belonging to the nightshade family Solanaceae
Solanaceae (), commonly known as the nightshades, is a family of flowering plants in the order Solanales. It contains approximately 2,700 species, several of which are used as agricultural crops, medicinal plants, and ornamental plants. Many me ...
. 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. The species may be naturally endemic to Australia or the Americas or the native range may encompass both the Americas and Australia. 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. Members of the Toba-Pilagá
fThe Pilagá (in Pilagá language, Pilagá language: ''pit'laxá'') are an Indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous people of the Guaycuru peoples, Guaycuru group that inhabits the center of the province of Formosa Province, Formosa, in Arge ...
ethnic group of Gran Chaco
The Gran Chaco or simply Chaco is a sparsely populated, hot and semiarid lowland tropical dry broadleaf forest natural region of the Río de la Plata basin, divided among eastern Bolivia, western Paraguay, northern Argentina, and a portion o ...
traditionally eat the ripe fruits raw.
Unripe raw fruits, flowers, leaves, and stems of the plant contain solanine
Solanine is a glycoalkaloid poison found in species of the Solanaceae, nightshade family within the genus ''Solanum'', such as the potato (''Solanum tuberosum''). It can occur naturally in any part of the plant, including the Leaf, leaves, frui ...
and solanidine
Solanidine is a poisonous steroidal alkaloid chemical Chemical compound, compound that occurs in plants of the family Solanaceae, such as potato and ''Solanum americanum''. The sugar portion of glycoalkaloids hydrolyses in the body, leaving the so ...
alkaloid
Alkaloids are a broad class of natural product, naturally occurring organic compounds that contain at least one nitrogen atom. Some synthetic compounds of similar structure may also be termed alkaloids.
Alkaloids are produced by a large varie ...
s that may cause poisoning
Poisoning is the harmful effect which occurs when Toxicity, toxic substances are introduced into the body. The term "poisoning" is a derivative of poison, a term describing any chemical substance that may harm or kill a living organism upon ...
if ingested by humans, cattle
Cattle (''Bos taurus'') are large, domesticated, bovid ungulates widely kept as livestock. They are prominent modern members of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus '' Bos''. Mature female cattle are calle ...
or horses.
Vernacular names
*Englishcommon name
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s include: angular winter cherry, balloon cherry, cutleaf groundcherry, gooseberry, hogweed, wild tomato, camapu, and occasionally other common names for the genus ''Physalis''.
*In Spanish
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it is known as bolsa mullaca
*In Malayalam
Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...
it is known as njottanjodiyan and mottaampuli.
*In Indonesian it is known as ceplukan or ciplukan.
*In Sundanese, it is known as cecendet
*In Suriname
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it is known as batoto wiwiri.
*In Meru it is known as Nkabakabu.
*In Egyptian Arabic
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it is known as Hrankash.
*In Yoruba it is known as Koropo
*In Guarani it is known as Kamambu
References
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* angulata Edible Solanaceae Flora of Mexico Flora of Southern America Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Plants described in 1753 {{Solanales-stub