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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. 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) also attack them. Propagation is by seed.
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
Physalis peruviana, also known by various names including the cape gooseberry or the Peruvian groundcherry, is a species of plant in the nightshade family native to Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Known to be cultivated in the Inca Empire , the plant has been grown in England since the late 18th century and the region around the Cape of Good Hope ...
Green gooseberries Red berries of Ribes uva-crispa. Gooseberry (/ ˈ ɡ uː s b ɛ r i / GOOSS-berr-ee or / ˈ ɡ uː z b ɛ r i / GOOZ-berr-ee (American and northern British) or / ˈ ɡ ʊ z b ər i / GUUZ-bər-ee (southern British)) [1] is a common name for many species of Ribes (which also includes currants), as well as a large number of plants of similar appearance, and also several ...
Grossulariaceae (gooseberry family) Ribes alpinum: alpine currant Grossulariaceae (gooseberry family) Ribes aureum: golden currant Grossulariaceae (gooseberry family) Ribes cynosbati: prickly gooseberry Grossulariaceae (gooseberry family) Ribes grossularioides: Japanese gooseberry Grossulariaceae (gooseberry family) Ribes hirtellum: North ...
Forty withanolides, twelve alkaloids, and various sitoindosides have been isolated from this plant species. [ 3 ] [ 15 ] As these withanolides are structurally similar to the ginsenosides of Panax ginseng , W. somnifera is commonly referred to as "Indian ginseng".
The definition of fruit for this list is a culinary fruit, defined as "Any edible and palatable part of a plant that resembles fruit, even if it does not develop from a floral ovary; also used in a technically imprecise sense for some sweet or semi-sweet vegetables, some of which may resemble a true fruit or are used in cookery as if they were ...