The physalis or Cape gooseberry is a bitter-sweet, apricot-coloured berries enclosed in papery wraps.

Synonyms in other languages

English

• Cape gooseberry
• Chinese lantern
• Peruvian cherry
• apple of love
• bladder cherry
• golden husk
• goldenberry
• ground cherry
• jamberry
• lantern herb
• love in a cage
• winter cherry

Latin names

• P peruviana
• Physalis edulis