Physalis cordata
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Physalis cordata is a plant type from the genus of jujubes ( Physalis ) in the family of the nightshade family (Solanaceae). It is found in Panama as far as central Mexico , andit can also be foundon the West Indies .
description
Physalis cordata are upright or creeping, short-lived, herbaceous plants that can grow up to 80 cm high. The shoot axes are hairless, sometimes only a few fine, upwardly curved trichomes are present. The leaves are up to 8 cm long, are broadly ovate or elliptical, the tip is pointed, the base rounded or cut off, the leaf edges are slightly serrated. The leaves are hairless except for fine hairs along the leaf veins. The leaf stalks are slender, 3 to 9 cm long and usually shorter than the leaf blade. A smaller type of sheet is also available.
The flower stalks are slender, finely haired and about as long as the calyx in the flowering phase . This is 3 to 6 mm long, at the end of the calyx tube it has a diameter of about 2 to 3 mm. Occasionally the upper end of the calyx tube is somewhat contracted. Except for the edges, the calyx is hairless, the calyx tips are narrowly triangular, slightly longer than the corolla tube, but after the flowering phase quickly become two to three times as long as the calyx tube. The crown has a conspicuous, dark-colored "eye" in the middle, it is 5 to 10 mm long. The stamens are hairy, the anthers are bluish and 1.8 to 3 mm long.
The fruits stand on slender stems that are no longer than the enlarging calyx. This calyx is pentagonal, 25 to 30 (rarely up to 45) mm long and hairless. The berry is spherical and about 7 to 15 mm in diameter.
Similar species
Often the species is confused with the similar looking species Physalis angulata , but they differ mainly in the ten-edged calyx from P. angulata . However, this feature is no longer clearly recognizable , especially in the case of dried specimens . There are also clear differences in the length ratio of the calyx tips, the differences can be seen most clearly when fruit formation has started and the calyx length has not yet exceeded 11 mm.
Occurrence and locations
The distribution area extends from Panama to central Mexico , the species can also be found on the West Indies .
Physalis cordata is mostly found in damp, partially shaded locations that can occasionally dry out. Most of the finds come from the lowlands, but specimens of the species have also been found at medium and high altitudes.
swell
- WG D'Arcy: Family 170: Solanaceae . In: Robert E. Woodson, Jr., Robert W. Schery (Eds.): Flora of Panama , Part IX, Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, Vol. 60, No. 3, 1973. pp. 573-780