cape gooseberry

Related to cape gooseberry: ground cherry

Cape gooseberry

A tropical South American ground cherry (Physalis peruviana) having yellow flowers with purple centers and an inflated calyx enclosing an edible yellow berry used to make jam, sauces, and desserts.

[After the Cape ofGood Hopewhere European settlers introduced the plant in the early 1800s (its cultivation later speading from there to other parts of the English-speaking world).]

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cape gooseberry

(Plants) another name for strawberry tomato

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cape gooseberry - annual of tropical South America having edible purple fruits

Physalis peruviana, 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

Translations

blæjuberkirssananass

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Cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana L.-Solanaceae) is an herbaceous plant that produces small and sweet globe fruits.

Salt stress and exogenous silicon influence physiological and anatomical features of in vitro-grown cape gooseberry/Estresse salino e silicio exogeno influenciam caracteristicas fisiologicas e anatomicas de fisalis cultivada in vitro

Cape gooseberry, and Peruvian cherry, Pichuberries are native to the Peruvian Andes region and the mountains of Machu Picchu.

5 Peruvian superfoods you've never heard of

Cape gooseberry, or poha (Physalis peruviana), either originated in the highlands of Peru or lowland Brazil.

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bioaccumulation, buprofezin, Physalisperuviana, Trialeurodes vaporariorum, Cape gooseberry.

Study of bioaccumulation in Physalis peruviana using Buprofezin

The tomatillos she uses in this dish look like small green tomatoes, but they are actually related to the cape gooseberry. They have a light papery husk that needs to be removed before you eat them.

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| | A LONDON Dry Gin from Birmingham, Whitley Neill Gin (PS24, 44% abv, 70cl, Sainsbury's) gets its flavour from a balance of nine traditional and African botanicals such as cape gooseberry and baobab.

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Extraction of b-Carotene, Vitamin C and Antioxidant Compounds from Physalis peruviana (Cape Gooseberry) Assisted by High Hydrostatic Pressure.

Selection of fisalis populations for hibridizations, based on fruit traits/Selecao de populacoes de fisalispara uso em hibridacoes, baseada em caracteres do fruto

A The golden berry, also called pichuberry (named after Machu Picchu in Peru) and cape gooseberry, is a Peruvian "super" fruit that grows abundantly in the Andes region of South America.

Golden berry health potential; Pros and cons of brown rice syrup

The water-soluble extract, rich in phytonutrients, is prepared from the ancient Andean physalis fruit (Physalis peruviana), also known as Inca berry, cape gooseberry or golden berry.