MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH283 : Physalis peruviana |
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| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
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| Plant Family : | SOLANACEAE | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Cape Gooseberry, Goldenberry, Husk Cherry, Peruvian Ground Cherry, Poha, Poha Berry • Hindi: Macao, Tepariyo, Tipari, Rasbhari • Kannada: budde hannu, doddabudd • Marathi: popti, chirbot, phopati • Nepali: Rasbhari • Sanskrit: kuntali, tankari, tankasi • Tamil: milaku takkali, pottipallam • Telugu: buddabusara, busarataya | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Alkekengi pubescens Moench Boberella peruviana (L.) E. H. Krause Herschelia edulis Bowdich Physalis barbadensis Lam. Physalis bulbosa Hedw. ex Steud. Physalis chenopodifolia Lamarck Physalis edulis Sims Physalis esculenta Salisbury Physalis incana Desf. Physalis latifolia Lam. Physalis peruviana var. latifolia (Lam.) Dun. Physalis puberula Fern. Physalis pubescens Hort. ex Dun. Physalis tomentosa Medikus Physalis tuberosa Willd. |
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| Description : | Weak annual erect herbs, to 60 cm high. Leaves alternate, to 7 x 6 cm, broadly ovate, obliquely cordate at base, entire or shortly lobed, 3-nerved from base; petiole to 3 cm long. Flowers axillary, solitary; pedicels 1 cm long, slender; calyx campanulate, accrescent in fruit, membranous; corolla campanulate, yellowish with deep brown centre, 15 mm across, tube hairy inside; stamens 5, anthers vertically splitting; ovary with many ovules, style glabrous; stigma 2-toothed. Berry globose, 10 mm across, covered by the balloon like 2.5-3 cm across fruiting calyx; seeds many, compressed. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | The leaf juice has been used in the treatment of worms and bowel complaints. The plant is diuretic. A decoction of the calyces is used in the treatment of diabetes. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | nicotinate malic acid ascorbic acid Elaidic acid Daucosterol beta-carotene Arachidic acid 4-Deoxyphysaloactone |
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| Reference : | ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati
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