Common name
English: Apple of Peru, Shoo-Fly plant
German: Giftbeere
Mandarin: 假酸浆 (jia suan jiang)
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2635)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2573)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2146)
Order: Solanales (96)
Family: Solanaceae (50)(family description)
Genus: Nicandra (1)
Epithet: physalodes (L.) Gaertn. (1)
Synonyms: Atropa daturifolia Thore, Atropa physalodes L., Boberella nicandra E.H.L.Krause, Calydermos erosus Ruiz & Pav., Nicandra brevicorollata Bitter, Nicandra macrocalyx Bitter, Nicandra minor Hort., Nicandra nana Bitter, Nicandra nebulosa Bitter, Nicandra parvimaculata Bitter, Nicandra physalodes Scop., Nicandra undulata Bitter, Nicandra violacea Andre, Pentagonia physalodes (L.) Hiern, Physalis daturifolia Lam., Physalis peruviana Mill., Physalodes peruviana Kuntze
macrocalyx => with a large calyx (the sepals, the outermost whorl of parts that form a flower)
minor => smaller, lesser
nana => dwarf
peruviana => of Peruvian origin
physalodes => bladder-like
undulata => wavy, with wavy margin
violacea => derived from the Latin "viola" meaning violet
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: blue, white
External links
Check for Nicandra physalodes at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [1424] Nicandra physalodes - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
- [1454] Nicandra physalodes - Flora of China @ efloras.org
