Physalis angulata L.

Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Solanales > Solanaceae > Physalis > P. angulata

Description: Annual herbs; branches angular. Leaves: ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, base cuneate, unequal sided, margins dentate or sinuate, sometimes entire, apex acute, glabrous or sparsely pubescent; petiole to 4 cm long. Flowers: axillary, solitary; pedicels c. 8 mm long. Calyx: campanulate, 5-toothed, c. 2.5 cm across in fruit. Corolla: pale-yellow with a purple base, campanulate, c. 8 mm across; limb plicate, shortly lobed. Stamens 5, unequal; anthers oblong. Style linear; stigma obscurely 2-lobed. Berry c. 7 mm across, globose, enclosed by the inflated calyx. Seeds: many, discoid, minutely rugose.

Flowering and Fruiting : July-December

Uses: The plant is diuretic, expectorant, febrifuge. The leaves have been used to treat stomach disorders and Bright's Disease. The leaves are analgesic, diuretic, parasiticide and relaxant. They are eaten, or applied as an enema, in order to cure stomach-ache, colic, lithiasis and anuria. The leaves are used externally to treat a wide range of skin ailments such as itch, smallpox pustules, whitlow lesions, infected scarification wounds and rheumatic pain, and to relieve muscular stiffness and pain.

Cultivation : Cultivated , Wild.

References

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