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Ground cherries are called poha in the Hawaiian language, and poha jam and preserves are traditional desserts made from Physalis plants grown on the Hawaiian Islands. [17] A 2013 literature review identified more than one hundred works with medical use of various Physalis species from the Americas.
In Peru, P. peruviana is known as aguaymanto in Spanish and topotopo in Quechua. [9] In neighboring Colombia, it is known by its Aymara name as uchuva, [10] and as uvilla (Spanish for 'little grape') in Ecuador. [11] It was grown in England in 1774 and by early settlers of the Cape of Good Hope before 1807. [2]
Physalis pubescens is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family known by many common names, including husk tomato, [2] low ground-cherry [3] and hairy groundcherry in English, and muyaca and capulí in Spanish. It is native from Brazil, but also found in southern half of the United States, Mexico, Central and much of South America.
Unrelated to the cherries that grow on trees, ground cherries are in the same family as tomatoes, but the tiny, husked fruit has a tropical flavor. Gardening: Don't be fooled by the name ...
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.
Physalis viscosa is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family known by many common names, including starhair groundcherry, [1] stellate ground-cherry [2] and grape groundcherry in English, and arrebenta-cavalo, balãozinho, and camambú in Portuguese and Spanish (from Guaraní akamambu, «blister»).
In Spanish, it is called tomate de cáscara (husk tomato), tomate de fresadilla (little strawberry tomato), tomate milpero (field tomato), tomate verde (green tomato), tomatillo (Mexico; this term means "little tomato" elsewhere), miltomate (Mexico, Guatemala), farolito (little lantern), or simply tomate (in which case the tomato is called ...
1. Ritz Crackers. Wouldn't ya know, a cracker that's all the rage in America is considered an outrage abroad. Ritz crackers are outlawed in several other countries, including the United Kingdom ...