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Chinese lantern plant

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Chinese lantern plant
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Magnoliophyta
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Solanales
Family:Solanaceae
Genus:Physalis
Species:P. alkekengi
Binomial name
Physalis alkekengi

The Chinese lantern plant, also known as Physalis alkekengi (or alkekengii), is a relative of the Cape Gooseberry (Physalis peruviana) easily identifiable by the bright orange-colored papery covering over its fruit, which resemble Chinese Lanterns.

The fruit after the cover seared







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