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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
Wikispecies: Physalis nicandroides - species directoryliterature
- 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.