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CLASSIFICATION

ORDER	: Solanales
FAMILY	: Solanaceae
GENUS	: Physalis
SPECIES	: minima L.
BOTANICAL NAME	: Physalis minima L.
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COMMON NAME	: Native gooseberry, ground cherry.
TAMIL NAME	: sodaku thakkali.
HINDI NAME	: Ban tipariya

PLANT DESCRIPTION

HABIT :  An annual herb, upto 75 cm in height with stem viscid-pubescent, hollow.

LEAVES :  Ovate or ovate-oblong, acute or shortly acuminate at the apex, cuneate at the base with margins shortly toothed, minutely pubescent on both sides.

FLOWERS :  Solitary, pedicellate. Calyx 3-4 mm long, enlarging up to 2.5 cm in fruit. Corolla 6-7 mm long, pale yellow. Stamens equal, subequal or subspherical, 8 mm long, yellow when ripe.

FRUITS :  Berries, orange-coloured. Seeds discoid, glabrous, minutely tuberculate.

FLOWERING AND FRUITING TIME :  August - November

MEDICINAL USES

Physalis minima Linn. commonly known as Ground cherry has anti-cancerous, anti-diabetic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, anti-pyretic potentials and also has wide ethno-medicinal uses.

The fruits of Physalis Minima are rich in Vitamin – C and Vitamin-B Complex.

Anti-ulcer and anti-fertility properties have also been reported in some parts of Physalis Minima.

Anti-ulcer and anti-fertility properties have also been reported in some parts of Physalis Minima.

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