Physalis minima L.
Sunberry / Latup-latup (Bru.)
Description
Traditional Medicinal Uses
Ecology
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Terrestrial herbaceous plant that can grow up to 1.5 m high. Leaves are simple, alternately arranged, densely covered with hairs, adaxially dark green and abaxially light green. Leaf blade is elliptic-ovate, acuminate at apex, cuneate or oblique at base with toothed or wavy margin. Stems are circular and fragile. Inflorescence a solitary, borne at terminal branch and leaf axils. Flowers are small, bell-shaped, yellow with black spots near the base and enclosed within a green calyx. Fruit a yellow berry that
The local healers used this plant to relieve high blood pressure, diabetes and cancer. Fruits are chopped into smaller pieces, dried and infused with warm water. It possesses antioxidant, antihyperglycemic, cytotoxic, antibacterial and
It is commonly found on field edges, along riverbanks, near villages and along roadsides. It prefers fertile well-drained soil under full sunlight.
Seed cutting.
Native to Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and India.
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