Showing Food Lantern fruit
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| Name | Lantern fruit | ||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Physalis alkekengi | ||||||||||
| Description | Physalis alkekengi (bladder cherry, Chinese lantern,Japanese-lantern,strawberry groundcherry,or winter cherry) is a relative of P. peruviana.It is easily identifiable by the large, bright orange to red papery covering over its fruit, which resembles paper lanterns. It grows naturally in the regions covering Southern Europe to South Asia and Northeast Asia. | ||||||||||
| Primary ID | FOOD00986 | ||||||||||
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| Group | Fruits | ||||||||||
| Sub-Group | Berries | ||||||||||
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| ITIS ID | Not Available | ||||||||||
| Wikipedia ID | Not Available | ||||||||||
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