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Species
Physalis angulata L.
IUCN
NCBI
EOL Text
450-1700 m
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Guyana: monkey-gun, pap-bush, papoose. Surinam: batotobita.
"Annual herbs; branches angular. Leaves 3-7 x 1.5-3 cm, ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, base cuneate, unequal sided, margins dentate or sinuate, sometimes entire, apex acute, glabrous or sparsely pubescent; petiole to 4 cm long. Flowers axillary, solitary; pedicels c. 8 mm long. Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed, c. 2.5 cm across in fruit. Corolla pale-yellow with a purple base, campanulate, c. 8 mm across; limb plicate, shortly lobed. Stamens 5, unequal; anthers oblong. Style linear; stigma obscurely 2-lobed. Berry c. 7 mm across, globose, enclosed by the inflated calyx. Seeds many, discoid, minutely rugose."
Habit: Herb
Hierbas anuales, hasta 50 cm de alto; tallos erectos, angulados, puberulentos con líneas de tricomas simples, glabrescentes.
Hojas ovadas o lanceoladas, hasta 10 cm de largo, ápice acuminado, agudo u obtuso, base angosta, irregularmente dentadas, pero a veces subenteras, glabras; pecíolos de 1 a 4 cm de largo. Flores con pedicelo de 1 a 12 mm de largo, con pocos tricomas cortos y recurvados; cáliz subcónico, de 3 a 4 mm de largo, lobado hasta la mitad de su longitud, lobos deltoides, escasamente puberulentos; corola rotácea de 8 a 12 mm de diámetro, blanca o amarilla, sin marcas o con una similar a un ojo; anteras de 1,8 a 2,5 mm de largo, purpúreas. Baya de 10 a 12 mm de diámetro, cáliz redondeado o ligeramente 10-angulado, de 20 a 35 mm de largo, con pocos tricomas en las costillas o en los ápices, de otro modo sería glabro; pedicelos de 10 a 25 mm de largo, glabros; semillas de 1,6 a 1,7 mm de diámetro, amarillentas."Notes: Moist Localities, Naturalized, Native of Tropical America"
Physalis esquirolii H. Léveillé & Vaniot.
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Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Herb Distribution notes: Exotic
Degraded forests and waste places
United States
Origin: Native
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
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