Physalis porrecta
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Physalis porrecta is a plant type from the genus of jujubes ( Physalis ) in the family of the nightshade family (Solanaceae).
description
Physalis porrecta is a plant up to 1.5 m high, the stems of which are sparsely haired with short, multicellular, sometimes glandular trichomes . Usually these are concentrated on one side of the stem and often fall off with age. The leaf blades are usually broadly toothed or with entire margins , ovate to ovate-lanceolate . The larger leaves are 5 to 12 cm long and 4 to 7 cm wide. The base is blunt or pointed, they are pointed towards the front, both sides are covered with multicellular trichomes, on the underside they are somewhat sparse. The leaf stalks are 3 to 7 (rarely only 2) cm in length.
The flowers are solitary on 4 to 5 mm long peduncles . At flowering time, the calyx is 5 to 7 mm long and covered with multicellular trichomes. The corolla lobes are lanceolate and 2.5 to 4 mm long. The crown is pale yellow or greenish-yellow, 7 to 10 mm long, the coronet is 12 to 15 mm wide and inconspicuously drawn, the edges of the markings often fade. The stamens are 2 to 4 mm long, the anthers are yellow to bluish or greenish-blue and 2 mm long.
The fruit calyx is five-angled 3.5 to 5.5 (rarely only 3) cm long and 2 to 3 cm wide, hairless, reticulated and usually beaked abruptly. The fruit stalks are 10 to 16 mm long, the berry measures 12 to 15 mm in diameter.
Occurrence
The species occurs in Mexico , Costa Rica and Guatemala . It grows in damp and wet thickets , occasionally also in dense, damp forests at altitudes between 1550 and 2500 m, it is rarely found lower down.
swell
- Johnnie L. Gentry Jr. and Paul Standley: Flora of Guatemala. Solanaceae , Fieldiana: Botany, Volume 24, Part X, Numbers 1 and 2. Field Museum of Natural History, 1974.