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Physalis peruviana is a species of plant in the nightshade family native to Chile and Peru. [2] Within that region, it is called aguaymanto, uvilla or uchuva, in addition to numerous indigenous and regional names. In English, its common names include Cape gooseberry, goldenberry and Peruvian groundcherry. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Physalis plants grow in most soil types and do very well in poor soils and in pots. They require moisture until fruiting. They require moisture until fruiting. Plants are susceptible to many of the common tomato diseases and pests , and other pests such as aphids , whiteflies , spider mites , and the false potato beetle ( Leptinotarsa juncta ...
Vaccinium stamineum, commonly known as deerberry, tall deerberry, highbush huckleberry, buckberry, and southern gooseberry, is a species of flowering plant in the heath family. [3] It is native to North America, including Ontario, the eastern and central United States, and parts of Mexico. [4] [5] It is most common in the southeastern United ...
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 ...
Gooseberry most often refers to cultivated plants from two species of the genus Ribes: Ribes uva-crispa native to Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia. Ribes hirtellum , American gooseberry
Sapling. Phyllanthus acidus is an intermediary between a shrub and tree, reaching 2 to 9 m (6½ to 30 ft) high. [2] The tree's dense and bushy crown is composed of thickish, tough main branches, at the end of which are clusters of deciduous, greenish, 15-to-30-cm long branchlets.
A flea-beetle (Phenrica guerini), a leaf-mining moth (Epipagis cambogialis), and a stem-wilter, (Catorhintha schaffneri), feed on the leaves.[5]Although Pereskia aculeata is edible and of high nutrition quality, being an alternative to conventional food, this plant is a declared weed in South Africa where it does extensive damage to forest areas by smothering indigenous trees.
It is a spreading shrub growing to 0.3–1.5 meters (1–5 ft) tall, [3] the branching stems covered in prickles and hairs, and bearing 1 to 5 sharp spines at intervals. [ 4 ] Borne on a petiole several centimetres in length, the lightly hairy, glandular leaves are up to 4 cm ( 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) long and are divided into about five deeply cut ...