Solanaceae
Cut-leaved ground-cherry
Physalis angulata
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Physalis
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Common names
By language (21)
- ban
- Ciciplukan
- Chinese
- 燈籠草, 苦蘵, 小酸浆, 灯笼果, 灯笼泡, 灯笼草, 苦职, 酸浆
- Czech
- Mochyně drobnoplodá
- dag
- Saŋkaŋle
- English
- Cut-leaved ground-cherry, Cutleaf groundcherry, Lance-leaved ground-cherry
- Finnish
- Kolkkalyhtykoiso
- gor
- Bulutuhe
- Haitian Creole
- Kòkmòl
- Indonesian
- Ceplukan
- Japanese
- センナリホオズキ, ヒロハフウリンホオズキ
- Javanese
- Ciplukan
- Korean
- 땅꽈리
- lzh
- 苦蘵
- mad
- Yor-nyèoran
- Malayalam
- മൊട്ടാമ്പുളി
- Punjabi
- ਭੰਬੋਲਾ
- sg
- Ôkpô
- Spanish
- Tomates con fruto de cereza, Tomates de Brihuega, Tomates de invierno, Tomatillos de Brihuega
- srn
- Physallis angulata - mullaca
- Sundanese
- Cécéndét
- Vietnamese
- Tầm bóp
Synonyms
- Boberella angulata (L.) E.H.L.Krause
- Physalis angulata f. angulata
- Physalis angulata f. linkiana (Nees) Stehlé
- Physalis angulata f. ramosissima (Mill.) Stehlé
- Physalis angulata f. tenuis Hassl.
- Physalis angulata var. angulata
- Physalis angulata var. capsicifolia (Dunal) Griseb.
- Physalis angulata var. lanceifolia (Nees) Waterf.
- Physalis angulata var. linkiana (Nees) A.Gray
- Physalis angulata var. normalis Kuntze
- Physalis angulata var. pendula (Rydb.) Waterf.
- Physalis angulata var. ramosissima (Mill.) O.E.Schulz
- Physalis capsicifolia Dunal
- Physalis esquirolii H.Lév. & Vaniot
- Physalis glaberrima Colla
- Physalis lanceifolia Nees
- Physalis linkiana Nees
- Physalis linkiana var. linkiana
- Physalis margaranthoides Rusby
- Physalis margaranthoides Rusby
- Physalis pendula Rydb.
- Physalis ramosissima (Mill.) Stehlé
- Physalis ramosissima Mill. ex Dunal
- Physalis surinamensis Miq.
- Physalis tenuis Hassl.
- Saracha angulata M.Martens & Galeotti
Flowers
- In flower
- April to January (from 923 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Celeste Ray, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: jamie bee, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Josep Gesti, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: pablote, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Michael J. Papay, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zorzon claudio, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zorzon claudio, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.