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Physalis angulata

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Name

Identification
Physalis angulata L. [family SOLANACEAE ] (stored under name); Physalis linkiana Nees [family SOLANACEAE ] Verified by H.F. Wernham,
Related name
  • Physalis ramosa
  • Physalis angulata
  • Physalis parviflora
  • `
  • Physalis porrecta
  • Physalis barbadensis
  • Physalis curassavica
  • Physalis sp.
  • Physalis tenuifolia
  • Physalis hermannii
  • Physalis pseudoangulata
  • Physalis micrantha
  • Physalis linkiana
  • Physalis minima
  • Physalis lanceifolia
  • Physalis not on sheet
  • Physalis crassifolia
  • Physalis versicolor
Common name
  • tau-tau (auctt.) (GUINEA-BISSAU, CRIOULO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • angular winter cherry., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • fuhad (JB) mété a kob (JLT fide JMD; JB) ñaling (JB) (SENEGAL, SERER), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • jam (GUINEA, MANDING-MANDINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • kalia diirini (JB) (SENEGAL, MANDING-BAMBARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • coqueret anguleux (Berhaut)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • kubumpap (FNWilliams) (THE GAMBIA, MANDING-MANDINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • ñahali (JB) (SENEGAL, WOLOF), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5

Flora

Entry for PHYSALIS angulata L. [family SOLANACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by J. Edmonds (Solanum, species 1–4), I. Friis (Solanum, species 5–11, 13–25), and M. Thulin (Capsicum, Datura, Hyoscyamus, Lycium, Lycopersicon, Nicandra, Nicotiana, Physalis, Solanum species 12, Withania) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
PHYSALIS angulata L. [family SOLANACEAE], (1753).
Information
Annual herb, up to c. 0.5 m tall, sparsely and shortly pubescent or glabrescent. Leaves petiolate; blade ovate to elliptic, 3–8 x 1.5–5 cm, cuneate at the base, acute or acuminate at the apex, with entire to dentate margins. Pedicels c. 1–2.5 cm long. Calyx 3–5 mm long in flower, up to c. 30 mm in fruit, lobed almost halfway into lanceolate lobes. Corolla pale yellow or white, spotted in throat, 0.6–0.8 cm in diam. Berry c. 1.2 cm in diam. Seeds c. 2 mm in diam.
Range
S2 native to tropical America, now widespread in the tropics and subtropics.
Altitude range
low altitude
Distribution
SOMALIA Kilian 2064 & Lobin 6917.
Notes
First record for Somalia (from Buulo Warbe at 44°10´E, 1°35´N).

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