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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]
[2] Native American groups used it for food. The Puebloan peoples called the fruits charoka and shuma charoka and ate them fresh or cooked. [2] The Zuni people referred to the plant and its relative Physalis hederifolia as Ke’tsitokia, and probably used them in similar ways. Women grew it in household gardens.
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 ...
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The scallop's shell became an emblem of the pilgrimage as it was used as a water cup along the way, and sewn to the pilgrims' clothes like a badge. The scallop became an emblem of St. James, himself, although the timing is unclear. In Spanish, the scallop has "pilgrims" as part of its name, rather than Santiago.
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.
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 ...