Physalis ingrata
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Physalis ingrata is a plant type from the genus of jujubes ( Physalis ) in the family of the nightshade family (Solanaceae).
description
Physalis ingrata is a 15 to 50 cm high herbaceous plant that is woody at the base or has a woody root . They are covered with short, backwards splayed trichomes . The leaves are 3 to 5 cm long and 18 to 25 mm wide, egg-shaped and hairy on top and bottom with short, protruding to slightly adjacent trichomes. The leaf stalks are 7 to 20 mm long.
The buds are about 6 mm long and 5 to 6 mm wide. The flower stalks are 7 to 12 mm long. During the flowering period, the calyx is broadly elongated to hemispherical or somewhat bell-shaped, 6 to 9 mm long and 5 to 6 mm wide at the base of the calyx lobes. The calyx lobes are lanceolate-ovate to triangular, slightly pointed and 3 to 5 mm long. The crown is bell-shaped, yellowish and darkly mottled. It becomes 10 to 12 mm long and 7 to 12 mm wide. The anthers are almost elongated, 3 to 4 mm long and have a yellowish and bluish or greenish-blue tinge. They stand on hairless stamens with a length of 3 to 4 mm.
The fruit is a berry about 8 mm in diameter , which is enclosed by an enlarging calyx. It is sessile or stands on a stalk about 0.5 mm long. The calyx reaches a length of 17 to 20 mm and a diameter of 11 to 12 mm.
distribution
The species is common in Honduras .
swell
- UT Waterfall: Physalis in Mexico, Central America and the West Indies . In: Rhodora , Volume 69, Number 777, New England Botanical Club, Oxford 1967. pp. 82-120.