Physalis nicandroides
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Physalis nicandroides a plant is art from the genus of jujubes ( Physalis ) in the family of the nightshade family (Solanaceae).
description
Physalis nicandroides is a 1 to 2 m high herbaceous plant . Stems , petioles, and flower stalks are hairy with glandular trichomes less than 1 mm long . The leaf blades are roughly curved, toothed to slightly angled, lobed and ovate . They are pointed or pointed towards the front, the base is pointed to almost heart-shaped. Both leaf surfaces are hairy glandular. The larger leaves reach a length of 6.5 to 20 cm and are 3 to 10 cm wide. The leaf stalks reach a length of 2 to 6.5 cm.
The flowers are solitary on 2 to 4 mm long peduncles. The calyx is 5 to 6.5 mm long at the flowering time and is covered with pending, glandular trichomes. The calyx lobes are awl-shaped, long and pointed and 3 to 4.5 mm long. The crown is white, greenish white or yellowish, 4 to 8 mm long and has a spotted coronet, which, however, often fades. It is 6 to 8 mm wide and hairy on the inside. The stamens are 2 to 2.5 mm long, the anthers are tinted blue or yellowish and 1.5 to 2 mm long.
The fruit cups are strongly five-cornered, hairy, reticulated and 3 to 4.5 cm long and 2 to 4 cm wide. The fruit stalks are short and thick, about 5 to 10 mm long and 1.5 to 1.7 (rarely only 1) mm thick. The berry measures 12 to 20 mm in diameter.
Occurrence
The species occurs in Guatemala , Mexico , Honduras and Costa Rica . It grows in damp thickets and bushy mountain slopes, often on rocky slopes, and occasionally on cultivated areas. It can be found at altitudes between 850 and 1830 m.
Web links
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literature
- 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.