Plant Details

Accepted name:: Physalis lagascae Roem. & Schult. [Solanaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
hab aknaj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hab kaknaj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hub-i-kaknaj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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Kew's taxonomic resources include 16 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Physalis alkekengi Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 133 (1790), sensu auct.
Physalis alkekengi var. digitalifolia Dunal in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 438 (1852).
Physalis crenata Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 23 (1790), nom. nud.
Physalis diffusa Willd. ex Nees Linnaea 6: 480 (1831).
Physalis dunalii Montrouz. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Lyon, Sect. Sci., sér. 2, 10: 245 (1860).
Physalis lagascae var. glabrescens O.E.Schulz in I.Urban, Symb. Antill. 6: 147 (1909).
Physalis minima var. hermannii Hassl. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 121 (1911).
Physalis minima f. paraguariensis Hassl. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 121 (1911).
Physalis parviculea S.F.Blake Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 24: 20 (1922).
Physalis parviflora Lag. Gen. Sp. Pl.: 11 (1816), nom. illeg.
Physalis pseudoangulata Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 706 (1826).
Physalis ramosa Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 204 (1775), nom. illeg.
Physalis rothiana Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 4: 677 (1819).
Physalis rydbergii Rusby Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 4: 423 (1907), nom. illeg.
Physalis timorensis Zipp. ex Span. Linnaea 15: 337 (1841).
Physalis villosa B.Heyne ex Roth Nov. Pl. Sp.: 122 (1821), nom. illeg.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Physalis alkekengi Lour.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Physalis lagascae Roem. & Schult.	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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