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Physalis angulata L.
Synonym
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Physalis angulata var. angulata
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Family
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Solanaceae
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Local name
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English-Country gooseberry
Malayalam-Njodinjotta
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Flowering and fruiting period
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July-December
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Distribution
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Tropical Asia,
Africa and Australia
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Distribution in kerala
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All Districts
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Habitat
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Degraded forests and waste places
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IUCN Status
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LC
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Uses
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It is used to treat malaria, toothache,
liver ailments including hepatitis, rheumatism, and is considered a diuretic
and relaxant. Plant infusions are taken to treat gonorrhoea, indigestion,
nephritis and fever.
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Key
botanical characters:
Annual herbs; branches angular. Leaves
simple, alternate, ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, apex acute base cuneate,
unequal sided, margins dentate or sinuate, sometimes entire, glabrous or
sparsely pubescent; petiole to 4 cm long. Flowers axillary, solitary; Calyx
campanulate, 5-toothed, inflated Corolla pale-yellow with a purple base,
campanulate.; limb plicate, shortly lobed. Stamens 5, unequal; anthers
oblong. Ovary globose, glabrous; ovules many; style linear; stigma obscurely
2-lobed. Berry 6-8 mm across, globose, enclosed by the inflated calyx; seeds
many, discoid, minutely rugose.
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