Plant Details

Accepted name:: Physalis peruviana L. [Solanaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aguaymanto	Other	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
alquequenje	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
andenkirsche	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
appelliefie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
aztec berry	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bate-testa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
bondoola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
budama	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
buddabusara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
budde hannu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
busarakaaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
busarataya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
camapú	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
cape gooseberry	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
cape-gooseberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
capuli	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
capulí	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
cherry tomato	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
chirbot	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ciyattini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
coqueret du peru	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
dodda bondoola gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dodda budde gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dodda guppatte gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
doddabudd	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erva-noiva-do-peru	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
giant ground cherry	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
golden berry	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
goldenberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
gooseberry-tomato	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
groseille	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
groseiller du cap	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
groselha-do-peru	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
ground cherry	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
hpaung-hpaung-thi	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
igquzi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
iguzibele	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
iguzu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
inca berry	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kala-myetsi-pinzauk-gyi	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
kapkrusbär	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
kapstachelbeere	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
koticceni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koticcenittakkali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuntali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kutavayacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kutavayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
macao	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mako	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
malanguti	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
milaku takkali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
morobedane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
murungudane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nallatakkali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naruntakkali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paambudda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pambudda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paokapaoka	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
parpoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
periyatakkali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peruanische judenkirsche	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
perungunni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
peruntakkali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peruvian	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
peruvian cherry	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
peruvian ground-cherry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
peruvian groundcherry	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
peruvian winter cherry	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
peruvian-cherry	Other	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
phopati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
physalis	Other	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
physalis peruviana whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
poha	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
popti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
poque poque	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
pottipallam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ras bhari	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
rasbari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rasbhari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
rashbhari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tankari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tankasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tepariyo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thanmori	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tipari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tomatillo	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
turputikacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
turputikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uchuva	Other	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ugqumgqumu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umquzumbele	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
utyuthu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
uvilla	Other	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
voanaka	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
voanakandrivotra	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
voanantsindrana	Other	Med. Market Pl. of Tana, Madagascar (Randriamiharisoa et al., 2015) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
voantsindra	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
voantsipaoka	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
wild gooseberry	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
灯笼草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Flower		Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
Whole plant		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
leaf, aerial part, fruit, stem		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
leaves, fruit	juice	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
leaf		Med. Market Pl. of Tana, Madagascar (Randriamiharisoa et al., 2015)
leaf, whole plant		Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 18 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Alkekengi pubescens Moench Methodus: 473 (1794), nom. superfl.
Boberella peruviana (L.) E.H.L.Krause in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 10: 61 (1903).
Herschelia edulis (Sims) Bowdich Exc. Madeira: 159 (1825).
Physalis barbadensis Lam. Encycl. 2: 102 (1786), nom. illeg.
Physalis bulbosa Hedw. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 329 (1841), not validly publ.
Physalis edulis Sims Bot. Mag. 27: t. 1068 (1807).
Physalis esculenta Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 132 (1796), nom. superfl.
Physalis incana Dunal in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 440 (1852).
Physalis incana Desf. Tabl. École Bot.: 68 (1804).
Physalis latifolia Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 2: 29 (1794).
Physalis peruviana var. esculenta Alef. Landw. Fl.: 134 (1866), not validly publ.
Physalis peruviana var. latifolia (Lam.) Dunal in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 440 (1852).
Physalis peruviana var. vulgaris Alef. Landw. Fl.: 134 (1866).
Physalis pubescens R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 447 (1810), nom. illeg.
Physalis tomentosa Medik. Hist. & Commentat. Acad. Elect. Sci. Theod.-Palat. 4(Phys.): 184 (1780).
Physalis tuberosa Cav. Descr. Pl.: 370 (1802).
Physalis tuberosa Willd. Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol.: 232 (1809), nom. illeg.
Physalis tuberosa Zuccagni in J.J.Roemer, Collecteana: 130 (1806), nom. illeg.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Physalis peruiana L.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Physalis peruviana	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Physalis peruviana L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) Fijian Med. Pl. (Cambie & Ash, 1994) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Market Pl. of Tana, Madagascar (Randriamiharisoa et al., 2015) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Rizoma: Trad. Uses of Chilean Native Pl. (Cordero et al., 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Physalis peruviana Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015)

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