Physalis brasiliensis

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit is eaten.

It is a tropical plant.

Brazil, South America,

Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

A tropical herb in the nightshade family (Solanaceae) native to Brazil.

An unresolved name in The Plant List.

Names & Synonyms

Bate-testa, Camapu, Capuli, Joa

References (1)

Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 650