Physalis lassa
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Physalis lassa is a plant from the genus of jujubes ( Physalis ) in the family of the nightshade family (Solanaceae).
description
Physalis lassa are herbaceous plants up to 1 m high, the stem axis of which is densely covered with multicellular hair , in some cases almost all of them have a glandular head. The leaves are entire or sometimes with a turned-back edge and are ovate. The larger leaves are 3.5 to 9 cm long and 2 to 4 mm wide. The tip is pointed or tapered, the base is rounded or almost heart-shaped. The top and bottom are similarly hairy as the stem axis. The leaf stalks are 1 to 2.5 mm long.
The flowers stand individually on 5 to 8 cm long flower stalks, during the flowering phase the calyx is 8 to 10 mm long. It is also hairy similar to the stem axis. The calyx lobes are ovate or ovate-lanceolate and 2.5 to 5 mm long. The yellowish crown is 10 to 15 mm long, the coronet is 12 to 15 mm wide, spotted and hairy inside the corolla tube. The stamens are 2.5 to 3 mm long, the anthers are bluish and 2.5 to 4 mm long.
The fruit is a 10 to 15 mm large berry that stands on 10 to 15 mm long stems. The calyx, which enlarges during fruit ripeness and completely encloses the fruit, has a ten-ribbed or slightly ten-angled cross section, a length of 2.5 to 3.5 cm and a width of 1.5 to 2.5 mm. He is evenly haired, sometimes very dense.
Occurrence and locations
The species grows in moist oak forests and grassy thickets at altitudes between 250 and 2,000 m. The distribution area extends in Guatemala over the departments Baja Verapaz , Zacapa , Chimaltenango and Huehuetenango as well as in the Mexican state Veracruz .
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- 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.