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.