Perennial herb, underground stem, seedlings grow from perennial roots in spring, about 40-60 cm high, with white flowers and bell-shaped calyx, which increases when bearing fruit and is surrounded by berries; Berries are red when they are ripe, and fruits are sour and edible. It contains 18 amino acids, 2 1 trace elements and minerals, and 8 vitamins. It is also a natural food with no pollution, unique flavor and rich nutrition.
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Physalis alkekengi is a perennial erect herb of Physalis belonging to Solanaceae, with a plant height of 50-80cm. Above-ground stems are often unbranched, with longitudinal edges, swollen stems and dense hairs on young stems. The rhizome is white, lying underground, multi-branched, and the nodes have adventitious roots. Leaves alternate, each node has 1-2 leaves, the petiole is short, the length is 1-3cm, the leaves are oval, the length is 6-9cm, the width is 5-7cm, the apex is tapered, the base is wide and wedge-shaped, and the edge is irregular and rough, wavy and hairless. Flowers have five cardinal numbers and are solitary in leaf axils, with 5- 10 per plant.
Calyx green, 5-lobed, self-expanding into oocysts after flowering, slightly concave at the base, 2.5-5 cm long, 2.5-3.5 cm in diameter, thin leathery, orange-red or fiery red when mature; Corolla radial, white, 5 stamens, yellow anthers, 0.3-0.35 cm long, ovary superior, 2 carpels and 2 locules, stigma head-shaped, long1.0-1. The berries in the calyx are orange-red, with a diameter of 1.5-2.5cm, a single fruit weight of 2.5-4.3g g, and each fruit contains 2 10-320 seeds, which are kidney-shaped, light yellow, about 0.2cm long, and a 1000-grain weight of1. ..
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Sour pulp Baidu encyclopedia