Taxon:  Physalis peruviana L.



Summary
Genus:
Physalis
Family:
Solanaceae
Subfamily:
Solanoideae
Tribe:
Physaleae
Subtribe:
Physalinae
Nomen number:
102390
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. ed. 2, 2:1670.  1763
Verified:
10/02/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
37 (17  active, 14  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Physalis edulis Sims

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Reference(s)
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Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English Cape-gooseberry 1 Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English goldenberry 1 Vietmeyer, N. D., ed. 1989. Lost crops of the Incas.
English gooseberry-tomato 1 Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
English Peruvian ground-cherry 1 Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
English Peruvian-cherry 1 Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
French capuli 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French coqueret du Peru 2 Nuez, F. et al. 1993. Recolección de especies hortícolas en Ecuador. Pl. Genet. Resources Newslett. 96:29-33.
German Andenkirsche 2 Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
German Kapstachelbeere 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German peruanische Judenkirsche 2 Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Portuguese groselha-do-Peru 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil) bate-testa 2 Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil) camapú 2 Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil) erva-noiva-do-peru 2 Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil) physalis 2 Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanish alquequenje 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish capulí 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish (Colombia) uchuva 2 Chacón S., M. I. et al. 2016. Genetic structure of a Colombian cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana L.) collection by means of microsatellite markers. Agron. Colomb. 34:5-16.
Spanish (Ecuador) uvilla 2 Nuez, F. et al. 1993. Recolección de especies hortícolas en Ecuador. Pl. Genet. Resources Newslett. 96:29-33.
Spanish (Peru) aguaymanto 2 Izquierdo, J. & W. Roca. 1998. Under-utilized Andean food crops: Status and prospects of plant biotechnology for the conservation and sustainable agricultural use of genetic resources. Acta Hort. 457:157-171. Note: mentions
Swedish kapkrusbär 2 Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuela  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuador  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  
2Cultivated    widely cult.
4NaturalizedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalAzores 
4NaturalizedAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEritrea  
4NaturalizedAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
4NaturalizedAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaLesotho  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa  
4NaturalizedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  
4NaturalizedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
4NaturalizedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSierra Leone  
4NaturalizedAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
4NaturalizedAfricaWestern Indian OceanReunion  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBhutan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
4NaturalizedEuropeNorthern EuropeIreland  
4NaturalizedEuropeNorthern EuropeUnited Kingdom  
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSlovenia  
4NaturalizedEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
4NaturalizedPacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesHawaii 
4NaturalizedPacificSouth-Central PacificFrench Polynesia  
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificFiji  
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificNew Caledonia  
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificNiue  
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificTonga  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanWest Indies  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorGalapagos Islands 
Native
Southern America
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Cultivated (widely cult.)
Naturalized
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Portugal [Azores]
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, South Africa
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Reunion
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Philippines
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: United Kingdom, Ireland
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Italy, Slovenia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: French Polynesia
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji, New Caledonia, Niue, Tonga
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: West Indies
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Ecuador [Galapagos Islands]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
Environmentalornamental Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Human foodfruit Nuez, F. et al. 1993. Recolección de especies hortícolas en Ecuador. Pl. Genet. Resources Newslett. 96:29-33.
Human foodfruit Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada.
Weed  Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grinczech.vurv.cz/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=102390. Accessed 22 November 2024.