Physalis minima L.
Common Name : Sunberry
Family : Solanaceae
HABIT |
A FAIRLY LOW-GROWING ANNUAL, USUALLY UP
TO 1-3FT. |
STEMS |
ERECT,
DELICATE AND PUBESCENT. |
LEAVES |
PETIOLATE (4.1 CM LONG), OVATE TO
CORDATE, PUBESCENT, DELICATE, EXSTIPULATE, ACUMINATE, HAVING
RETICULATE-PALMATE VENATION AND UNDULATE MARGINS; DORSAL SURFACE OF THE
LEAVES, DARK GREEN AND THE VENTRAL SURFACE, LIGHT GREEN; 9.7 CM LONG AND 8.1
CM BROAD. |
FLOWERS |
PEDICELLATE
HAVING 1.2 CM LONG PEDICEL, HERMAPHRODITE, COMPLETE, SOLITARY, SMALL
COMPANULATE, 1.2 TO 1.4 CM IN DIAMETER; YELLOW, HAVING FIVE BLACK SPOTS ON
YELLOW GROUND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COROLLA CUP. |
FRUITS |
A
BERRY, ENCLOSED WITHIN THE ENLARGED, 10-RIBBED, RETICULATELY VEINED CALYX,
WHICH IS 4.1 CM LONG AND 2.5 CM BROAD; BERRIES, STALKED (STALK, 2.2 CM LONG),
ALMOST ROUND HAVING A PINHEAD-SIZED DEPRESSION AT THE END; FULLY MATURE
FRUITS PRIMROSE YELLOW. |
SEEDS |
GLOBOSE,
FLAT, YELLOW. |