Physalis coztomatl Moc. & Sessé ex Dunal is a plant in the Solanaceae family, order Solanales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.
Physalis coztomatl Moc. & Sessé ex Dunal
Physalis coztomatl is a rarely cultivated, edible-fruited Physalis species native to America that contains labdane diterpenes.
Physalis coztomatl is a plant species belonging to the genus Physalis. This species produces edible orange-yellow fruits, but it is rarely cultivated. Its leaves are oval-shaped. Physalis coztomatl is native to America, and historically the Aztecs used it for medicinal purposes. The species contains labdane diterpenes, and it was the first species within the genus Physalis in which this group of compounds was discovered.
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Solanum pseudocapsicum L.
Solanum candidum Lindl.
Solanum capsicoides All.
Solanum wendlandii Hook.fil.
Duboisia myoporoides R.Br.
Solanum habrochaites S.Knapp & D.M.Spooner
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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