Physalis peruviana L.
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Physalis peruviana L. |
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Physalis peruviana L. View in CoL
GRIN Nomen number: 102390
Family: Solanaceae
Common Name: alquequenje (Spanish), bate-testa (Portuguese-Brazil), camapú (Portuguese-Brazil), Cape-gooseberry (English), capuli (French), capulí (Spanish), coqueret du Peru (French), ervanoiva-do-peru (Portuguese-Brazil), goldenberry (English), gooseberry-tomato (English), groselha-do-Peru (Portuguese), kapkrusbär (Swedish), Kapstachelbeere (German), Peruvian ground-cherry (English), Peruvian-cherry (English), physalis (Portuguese-Brazil), poha (Hawaiian), uvilla (Spanish-Ecuador).
Native: SOUTHERN AMERICA - Northern South America: Venezuela; Western South America: Bolivia; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru.
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; Malawi; Mozambique; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Southern Africa: Botswana; Lesotho; South Africa; Swaziland; Western Indian Ocean: Reunion; ASIA- TEMPERATE - China: China; Eastern Asia: Japan; ASIA-TROPICAL - Indian Subcontinent: Bhutan; India; Nepal; Sri Lanka; Malesia: Indonesia; Philippines; AUSTRALASIA - Australia: Australia; New Zealand: New Zealand; EUROPE - Northern Europe: Ireland; United Kingdom; Middle Europe: Austria; Czechoslovakia; Southeastern Europe: Italy; 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.
Cultivated: widely cultivated.
Field Infestation: Liquido et al. 1994: From July 1990 to October 1992, a total of 1,351 fruits (3.26 kg) was collected on Hawaii Island. Bactrocera latifrons was recovered from 1 of 13 collections (7.7%) with overall infestation rate of 34.1 B. latifrons per kg of fruit.
Pierardia motleyana Müll. Arg. , see Baccaurea motleyana (Müll. Arg.) Müll. Arg.
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