<big>''[[Physalis minima]]'' L.</big>
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:Protologue: Sp. pl. 1: 183 (1753).
:Family: Solanaceae
== Synonyms ==
*''Physalis indica'' Lamk (1786), *''Physalis parviflora'' R.Br. (1810).
== Vernacular names ==
*Sunberry (En). *Brunei: letup letup (Sengkurong)
*Indonesia: ciplukan (Javanese), cecendet (Sundanese), lapunonat (southern Moluccas)
*Malaysia: letup-letup, leletup, chipluan
Tropical Africa, Asia and Australia.
== Uses ==
== Observations ==
*An annual herb, 20-50 cm tall, densely covered with patent, long, apically thickened hairs, stems angular above, subterete below, hollow, tinged with purple; leaves .*Leaves ovate to lanceolate, 1.5-9 cm × 1-6 cm, margins irregularly toothed or entire, densely hairy, petiole 0.5-6.5 cm long; flowers .*Flowers solitary, flowering calyx 3-5 mm long, fruiting calyx 1.5-2.5 cm long, greenish-yellow with purple ribs, corolla 5-10 mm long, up to 1 cm in diameter, pale yellow, with 5 distinct dark spots and 2 groups of rather long hairs at the throat; anthers yellow with blue margined cells; berry .*Berry 8-14 mm in diameter, yellow. ''P. minima'' is a solitary or gregarious herb in arable land, dry rice-fields, gardens and waste places, up to 400(-1500) m altitude.
== Selected sources ==''P. minima'' is a solitary or gregarious herb in arable land, dry rice-fields, gardens and waste places, up to 400(-1500) m altitude.
* Burkill, I.H., 1966. A dictionary of the economic products of the Malay Peninsula. Revised reprint. 2 volumes. Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Vol. 1 (A-H) pp. 1-1240, Vol. 2 (I-Z) pp. 1241-2444.== Selected sources ==
*[135] Burkill, I.H., 1966. A dictionary of the economic products of the Malay Peninsula. Revised reprint. 2 volumes. Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Vol. 1 (A—H) pp. 1—1240, Vol. 2 (I—Z) pp. 1241—2444.*[201] Chuakul, W., Saralamp, P., Paonil, W., Temsiririrkkul, R. & Clayton, T. (Editors), 1997. Medicinal plants in Thailand. Vol. II. Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. 248 pp.*[215] Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, 1948—1976. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials & industrial products. 11 volumes. Publications and Information Directorate, New Delhi, India.*[407] Heyne, K., 1950. De nuttige planten van Indonesië [The useful plants of Indonesia]. 3rd Edition. 2 volumes. W. van Hoeve, 's-Gravenhage, the Netherlands/Bandung, Indonesia. 1660 + CCXLI pp.*[810] Quisumbing, E., 1978. Medicinal plants of the Philippines. Katha Publishing Co., Quezon City, the Philippines. 1262 pp.*[896] Sethuraman, V. & Sulochana, N., 1988. The anti-inflammatory activity of Physalis minima. Fitoterapia 59(4): 335—336.*[997] te Beest, M., 1999. Physalis: een weg naar de toekomst? - Chemische, taxonomische en medicinale aspecten van Physalis spp. [Physalis: a road to the future? - Chemical, taxonomical and medicinal aspects of Physalis spp.]. MSc. Thesis, Plant Taxonomy, Wageningen University,the Netherlands. 52 pp.
== Main genus page ==* Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, 1948-1976. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials & industrial products. 11 volumes. Publications and Information Directorate, New Delhi, India.407, 810, 896, 997.[[Physalis (PROSEA)|''Physalis'']]
== Authors ==
*Slamet Sutanti Budi Rahayu
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