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Physalis minima

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Identification
Physalis minima L. [family SOLANACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Physalis hermannii
  • Physalis ramosa
  • Physalis angulata
  • Physalis parviflora
  • Physalis hermanni
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  • Physalis peruviana
  • Physalis fauriei
  • Physalis tomentosa
  • Physalis minima
  • Physalis bodinieri
  • Physalis indica

Flora

Entry for PHYSALIS minima Linn. [family SOLANACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 4, page 87, (1904) Author: By C. H. WRIGHT.
Names
PHYSALIS minima Linn. [family SOLANACEAE], Sp. Pl. ed. 1, 183;—Drège, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 158; Dunal in DC. Prod. xiii. i. 445; Benth. Fl. Austral. iv. 466; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 238.
PHYSALIS parviflora R. Br. [family SOLANACEAE], Prodr. 447.
PHYSALIS Hermanni Dunal [family SOLANACEAE], l.c. 444; Harvey, Gen. S. Afr. Pl. ed. 2, 257.
Information
a much branched herb, sparingly villous; stems sulcate when dry; leaves ovate, acuminate, rounded or shortly cuneate at the base, entire or sinuate-dentate, 1 1/4 in. long, 9 lin. wide; petiole slender, 4 lin. long; flowers solitary; pedicels slender, inserted by the side of the petiole; calyx-tube campanulate, 3/4 lin. long, enlarging in fruit to 6 lin. in diam. and becoming glabrous; lobes lanceolate, acute, 1 lin. long; corolla narrowly campanulate, yellow (white, Wood), not spotted, 3 lin. long, 2 1/2 lin. wide, shortly 5-lobed; filaments 1 1/2 lin. long, filiform; anthers oblong, 3/4 lin. long; ovary globose; style 1 1/2 lin. long, slightly thickened upwards; stigma subcapitate; berry globose, 3 lin. in diam., smooth. null
Range
Also in Tropical Asia and Australia.
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Natal; Umlazi River Heights, under 500 ft., Drège! in a valley at Umhlanga, 300–400 ft., Wood, 6352! and without precise locality, Gerrard, 1415!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Forster!

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