Description

Physalis angulata is an erect herbaceous annual plant belonging to the nightshade family Solanaceae. Its leaves are dark green and roughly oval, often with tooth shapes around the edge. The flowers are five-sided and pale yellow; the yellow-orange fruits are borne inside a balloon-like calyx. The exact native range is uncertain. The species may be naturally endemic to Australia or the Americas or the native range may encompass both the Americas and Australia. It is now widely distributed and naturalized in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. The plant produces edible fruit that can be eaten raw, cooked, jammed, etc. However, all other parts of the plant are poisonous. Members of the Toba-Pilagá ethnic group of Gran Chaco traditionally eat the ripe fruits raw. Unripe berries and leaves are considered poisoned. Side effects after ingestion can occur as headache, stomach discomfort, decreased temperature, expanded pupils, nausea, diarrhoea, cardiac and breathing depression, loss of consciousness, fatal schistosomiasis.

Whole Genomes

Whole Genome Sequences & Annotations for Physalis angulata

• Physalis angulata gwh_assembly TangXS0013

S genes

Physalis angulata gwh_assembly TangXS0013 S genes

Downloads

The Physalis angulata S gene sequences are available in FASTA format.

Publications

Wu Y, Li D, Hu Y, Li H, Ramstein GP, Zhou S, Zhang X, Bao Z, Zhang Y, Song B, Zhou Y, Zhou Y, Gagnon E, Särkinen T, Knapp S, Zhang C, Städler T, Buckler ES, Huang S. Phylogenomic discovery of deleterious mutations facilitates hybrid potato breeding. Cell. 2023 May 25;186(11):2313-2328.e15. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.04.008.