The Physalis alkekengi

The Physalis alkekengi

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Alkekengi

Alkekengi officinarum fruit with the red husk
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Subfamily: Solanoideae
Tribe: Physaleae
Genus: Alkekengi
Mill.
Species: A. officinarum
Binomial name
Alkekengi officinarum
Moench
Synonyms[1]
Physalis alkekengi L.
Boberella alkekengi (L.) E.H.L.Krause
Physalis alkekengi var. anthoxantha H. Lév.
Physalis alkekengi var. orientalis Pamp.
Physalis ciliata Siebold & Zucc.
Physalis halicacabum Crantz
Physalis hyemalis Salisb.
Physalis kansuensis Pojark.
Alkekengi officinarum, the bladder cherry,[2] Chinese lantern,[3] Japanese-lantern,[4] strawberry groundcherry,[5] winter cherry,[3] alchechengi berry, or Klabuster cherry is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family Solanaceae. It is a close relative of the new world Calliphysalis carpenteri (Carpenter's groundcherry) and a somewhat more distant relative to the members of the Physalis genus.[6] This species is native to the regions covering Southern Europe to South Asia and Northeast Asia.