Cape gooseberry
रसभरीபிள்ளைத்தக்காளிമലതക്കാളിക്കീര
Physalis peruviana L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- —
- tall
- 1.3 m
- wide
- —
Solanaceae
Also called Poha Berry, Golden berry, Cape-gooseberry, Cherry Tomato, Gooseberry Tomato
Formerly Boberella peruviana, Herschelia edulis, Physalis edulis, Physalis incana, and 3 more
When it flowers
Flowers October to August in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Bolivia to W. BrazilKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from Wikipedia, one source
- Height
- 99 cm to 1.6 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- YellowRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -12.2 °C (USDA zone 8a)Read from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: spread, water, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- uchuva, aguaymanto, Uvilla
- Hawaiian
- Poha
- Czech
- mochyně peruánská
- Dutch
- Goudbes, Ananaskers
- Chinese
- 秘魯苦蘵, 燈籠果, 灯笼草
- Russian
- Физалис перуанский
- Norwegian Bokmål
- barbadoslykt
- Finnish
- karviaiskoiso
- Portuguese
- Tomate-de-Capucho, Tomateiro de Barrela
- German
- Peruanische Blasenkirsche
- Lithuanian
- Peruvinė dumplūnė
- Indonesian
- Ceplukan
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 4.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Physalis peruviana (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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