Physalis lagascae Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 4: 679 1819. (Syn: Alicabon barbadense (Herb. Wight ex Wall.) Rafin.; Nicandra indica Roem. & Schult.; Physalis abyssinica Hort. Berol. ex Nees; Physalis alkekengi Lour. (ambiguous synonym); Physalis angulata Heyne ex Wall. (ambiguous synonym); Physalis angulata var. villosa Bonati; Physalis barbadensis Herb. Wight ex Wall. (ambiguous synonym); Physalis crenata Noronha; Physalis diffusa Willd. Herb. ex Nees; Physalis dunalii Montrouz.; Physalis lagascae var. glabrescens O. E. Schulz; Physalis micrantha Link; Physalis minima L.; Physalis parvicula S. F. Blake; Physalis parviflora Lag.; Physalis pseudoangulata Bl.; Physalis pubescens Willd. ex Nees (ambiguous synonym); Physalis rothiana Roem. & Schult. (ambiguous synonym); Physalis rydbergii Rusby (ambiguous synonym); Physalis timorensis Zipp. ex Span.; Physalis villosa Roth (ambiguous synonym); Solanum serratum Blanco) as per Catalogue of life; . Mexico to Venezuela and Argentina (Jujuy), Cuba: Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela; Introduced into: Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, Laccadive Is., Laos, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Marianas, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Oman, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Tubuai Is., Uganda, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe as per POWO; . Venezuela (Anzoategui, Aragua, Barinas, Bolivar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Guarico, Lara, Miranda, Sucre, Tachira, Yaracuy), Costa Rica, Mexico (Aguascalientes, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Sonora, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas), Panama, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Cuba, Trinidad, Lesser Antilles (Martinique), Colombia (Cundinamarca, Santander, Tolima), Costa Rica, Peru, Ecuador, El Salvador, Bolivia (I), Cape Verde Isl. (I) (Ilha de Sao Tiago (I)), South Africa (I) (KwaZulu-Natal (I)), Mozambique (I), Angola (I), Malawi (I), Zimbabwe (I), Zambia (I), Guinea-Bissau (I), Gabon (I), Sudan (I), South Sudan (I), Congo (Brazzaville) (I), Ivory Coast (I), Burkina Faso (I), Mali (I), Mauritania (I), Cameroon (I), Central African Republic (I), Uganda (I), Kenya (I), Tanzania (I), Ethiopia (I), Eritrea (I), Senegal (I), Gambia (I), Liberia (I), Ghana (I), Ivory Coast (I), Togo (I), Guinea (I), Benin (I), Niger (I), Nigeria (I), Mauritius (I), Madagascar (I), Socotra (I), Yemen (I) (W-Yemen: Tihama (I)), Australia (I) (Western Australia (I), Northern Territory (I), Queensland (I), New South Wales (I)), NW-India (I), Java (I), China (I) (Guangdong (I), Guangxi (I), Jiangxi (I), Sichuan (I), Yunnan (I)), New Caledonia (I), peninsular Malaysia (I), Christmas Isl. (Australia (I)), Cocos (Keeling) Isl. (I), North Keeling Isl. (I), Micronesia (I) (Truk (I), Romonum (I)), Niue (I), N-Line Isl. (I) (Washington Isl. (I), Christmas Isl. – Kiritimati (I)), Northern Marianas (I) (Uracas (I), Maug (I), Sarigan (I), Anatahan (I)), Palau Isl. (I) (Peleliu (I)), Tonga (I) (‘Eua (I), Vava’u (I), Late Isl. (I)), Western Samoa (I) (Upolu (I)), Andamans (I), Nicobars (I), Singapore (I), Myanmar [Burma] (I), Pakistan (I), Philippines (I), Vietnam (I), Maldives (I), Bangladesh (I), USA (I) (Kansas (I), Louisiana (I), Missouri (I)) as per Catalogue of life; , ![]() 020126PKD1: Id pls collected from Keonjhar Odisha on Jan.2026: 4 high res. images. Physalis lagascae Roem. & Schult. ?? You should have posted leaf images also. Yes, appears close to images of Physalis lagascae at https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:817449-1 https://flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Ground%20Cherry.html http://chalk.richmond.edu/flora-kaxil-kiuic/p/physalis_lagascae.html Fruits seem to be with projections at https://efloraofindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Physalis-2%20copy.jpg https://tropical.theferns.info/image.php?id=Physalis+lagascae https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/280948-Physalis-lagascae/browse_photos Here is the detailed description: https://colplanta.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:817449-1/general-information So a bit of confusion. May I request somebody to pl. clarify this aspect?
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Physalis lagascae
Updated on January 6, 2026



