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'''Physalis alkekengi''' ('''bladder cherry, Chinese lantern''',<ref name="int"/> '''Japanese-lantern, strawberry groundcherry''',<ref name="int2"/> or '''winter cherry''';) is a relative of P. peruviana (Cape gooseberry). It is easily identifiable by the large, bright orange to red papery covering over its fruit, which resembles paper lanterns.

== Description Uses== It grows naturally in the regions covering Southern Europe to South Asia and Japan. It is a perennial herbaceous plant growing to 40–60 cm tall{{Uses|Tentex forte}}, {{Uses|Muscle & Joint Rub}}, {{Uses|Impotency & Erectile dysfunction}}, {{Uses|Diarrhoea}}, {{Uses|Pharyngitis & Sore Throat}}, {{Uses|Toothache}}, with spirally arranged leaves 6–12 cm long and 4–9 cm broad. The flowers are white{{Uses|Pyorrhea}}, with a five-lobed corolla 10–15 mm across{{Uses|Common Cold}}, with an inflated basal calyx which matures into the papery orange fruit covering{{Uses|Childhood apraxia of speech}}, 4–5 cm long and broad{{Uses|Delayed Speech Development}}.

It is a popular ornamental plant==Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Dried Roots}}, though it can be invasive with its wide-spreading root system sending up new shoots some distance from where it was originally planted. In various places around the world{{Parts Used|Leaves}}, it has escaped cultivation{{Parts Used|Flower}}.<ref name="des"/>

== Uses Chemical Composition== The dried fruit Like a number of P. alkekengi is called the golden flower other species in the Unani system genus Physalis, it contains a wide variety of medicinephysalins. When isolated from the plant, these have antibacterial and used as a diureticleishmanicidal activities in vitro.It also contains caffeic acid ethyl ester, antisepticdehydro-physalin L, liver correctivephysalin D, and sedative. cuneataside E<ref name="chemical composition"/>

==Common namenames=={{Common names|kn=|ml=Akkarakaaram|sa=Akarkarabh|ta=|te=|hi=Akarkara|en=Pellitory}}

==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Smooth|Alternate, Pinnate|The leaves are with deeply-cut segments}}.<ref name="Leaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|14-18cm long|Yellow, Circular||Each bears one large flower the disk being yellow and the rays white, tinged with purple beneath.}} ===Fruit==={{Fruit|||Syncarp (sorosis), subglobose or ellipsoid with long echinate processes, orange when ripe|seeds many, ovoid.|}} ===Other features=== ==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract'' ==Where to get the saplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}. ==How to plant/cultivate==It is a popular ornamental plant, though it can be invasive with its wide-spreading root system sending up new shoots some distance from where it was originally planted. In various places around the world, it has escaped from cultivation<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/> ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|Mediterranian}}, {{Commonly seen|Himalayas}}, {{Commonly seen|Arabian countries}}. ==Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">File:Anacyclus pyrethrum depressus habitus1.jpg|Var. ''depressus''File:Anacyclus pyrethrum depressus open.jpg|same plant, flower detailFile:Anacyclus pyrethrum depressus closed.jpg|Var. ''depressus'', flowers closed</gallery> == References == <references><ref name="intchemical composition">[httpshttp://npgswebayurwiki.ars-grin.govorg/gringlobal/taxonomydetailindex.aspxphp?102387 title=Physalis_alkekengi_-_Bladder_cherry&action=edit "USDA GRIN Taxonomy, entry for Physalis alkekengiwikipedea"]</ref><ref name="int2Leaf">[https://plantswww.usdabimbima.govcom/ayurveda/medicinal-use-of-akarkara-spilanthes-acmella/core1383/profile?symbol=PHAL5 "Physalis alkekengiBimbima"]</ref><ref name="desHow to plant/cultivate">[httphttps://wwwen.efloraswikipedia.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200020559 Physalis alkekengi Linnaeuswiki/Anacyclus_pyrethrum "Anacyclus pyrithum"]</ref>

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