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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 ==
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, with spirally arranged leaves 6–12 cm long and 4–9 cm broad. The flowers are white, with a five-lobed corolla 10–15 mm across, with an inflated basal calyx which matures into the papery orange fruit covering, 4–5 cm long and broad.
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 cultivation.<ref name="des"/>
== Uses ==
The dried fruit of P. alkekengi is called the golden flower in the Unani system of medicine, and used as a diuretic, antiseptic, liver corrective, and sedative.
== References ==
<references>
<ref name="int">[https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?102387 "USDA GRIN Taxonomy, entry for Physalis alkekengi"]</ref>
<ref name="int2">[https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PHAL5 "Physalis alkekengi"]</ref>
<ref name="des">[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200020559 Physalis alkekengi Linnaeus"]</ref>
</references>
== External Links ==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physalis_alkekengi Physalis alkekengi - Wikipedia]
[[Category:Herbs]]
'''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 ==
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, with spirally arranged leaves 6–12 cm long and 4–9 cm broad. The flowers are white, with a five-lobed corolla 10–15 mm across, with an inflated basal calyx which matures into the papery orange fruit covering, 4–5 cm long and broad.
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 cultivation.<ref name="des"/>
== Uses ==
The dried fruit of P. alkekengi is called the golden flower in the Unani system of medicine, and used as a diuretic, antiseptic, liver corrective, and sedative.
== References ==
<references>
<ref name="int">[https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?102387 "USDA GRIN Taxonomy, entry for Physalis alkekengi"]</ref>
<ref name="int2">[https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PHAL5 "Physalis alkekengi"]</ref>
<ref name="des">[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200020559 Physalis alkekengi Linnaeus"]</ref>
</references>
== External Links ==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physalis_alkekengi Physalis alkekengi - Wikipedia]
[[Category:Herbs]]
