Plant Details

Accepted name:: Physalis ixocarpa Brot. ex Hornem. [Solanaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ground cherry	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
physalis ixocarpa whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
tomate de cáscara	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tomate verde	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Physalis aequata J.Jacq. ex Nees Linnaea 6: 470 (1831).
Physalis ixocarpa var. immaculata (Waterf.) J.T.Kartesz & Gandhi Phytologia 76: 452 (1994).
Physalis ixocarpa var. parviflora (Waterf.) J.T.Kartesz & Gandhi Phytologia 76: 452 (1994).
Physalis philadelphica var. immaculata Waterf. Rhodora 69: 215 (1967).
Physalis philadelphica var. inmaculata Waterf. Rhodora 69: 215 (1967).
Physalis philadelphica subsp. ixocarpa (Brot. ex Hornem.) Sobr.-Vesp. & Sanz-Elorza Acta Bot. Malac. 32: 233 (2007).
Physalis philadelphica var. parviflora Waterf. Rhodora 69: 215 (1967).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Physalis ixocarpa	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Physalis ixocarpa Brot. ex Hornem.	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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