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Physalis peruviana
(redirected from Physalis edulis)

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Noun1.Physalis peruviana - annual of tropical South America having edible purple fruits
cape gooseberry, purple ground cherry
genus Physalis, Physalis - ground cherries
ground cherry, husk tomato - any of numerous cosmopolitan annual or perennial herbs of the genus Physalis bearing edible fleshy berries enclosed in a bladderlike husk; some cultivated for their flowers
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The edible version of the Chinese Lantern is called Physalis edulis, commonly called the Cape Gooseberry, and you will often find this being served up as part of a delicious desert in some restaurants.
GARDENING: Chinese lanterns; Notebook Plant of the Week by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
 
 
 
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