Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alkékenge du mexique	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
coqueret	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
husk-tomato	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
large-flower tomatillo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mexican ground cherry	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
mexican groundcherry	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mexikanische blasenkirsche	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
miltomate	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
tomate	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tomate de cáscara	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tomate fraise	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tomate verde	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
tomatillo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tomatillo ground-cherry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
calyx		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Physalis angulata var. philadelphica (Lam.) A.Gray Manual, ed. 2: 340 (1856).
Physalis atriplicifolia Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 2: 348 (1811).
Physalis cavaleriei H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 295 (1912).
Physalis chenopodiifolia Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 1: 1023 (1798), nom. illeg.
Physalis geniculata (M.Martens & Galeotti) Miers Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 2, 11: 92 (1853).
Physalis laevigata M.Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 12(1): 131 (1845).
Physalis megistocarpa Zuccagni in J.J.Roemer, Collecteana: 130 (1806).
Physalis megistocarpos Zuccagni Cent. Observ. Pl. 1: 18 (1806).
Physalis mexicana Molina ex Colla Herb. Pedem. 4: 278 (1835).
Physalis ovata Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 2: 347 (1811).
Physalis philadelphica var. minor Dunal in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 450 (1852).
Physalis philadelphica f. pilosa Waterf. Rhodora 69: 214 (1967).
Physalis violacea Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 54: 216 (1882).
Saracha geniculata M.Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 12(1): 133 (1845).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Physalis philadelphia	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Physalis philadelphica Lam.	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Physalis philadelphica Lamarck	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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