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	Physalis alkekengi  L.

Fam.: Solanaceae / Nightshade Fam.

Genus:  Physalis  L.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Physalis:		physa = cyst
	alkekengi:		Arabic name of a Physalis species

Fig. 1:  Physalis alkekengi / Japanese Lantern, Bladder Cherry (cultiv.) D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 11.5.2007

Fig. 2:  Physalis alkekengi / Japanese Lantern, Bladder Cherry (cultiv.) D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 11.5.2007

Fig. 3:  Physalis alkekengi / Japanese Lantern, Bladder Cherry (cultiv.) D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 11.5.2007

Fig. 4:  Physalis alkekengi / Japanese Lantern, Bladder Cherry (cultiv.) D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 11.5.2007

Fig. 5:  Physalis alkekengi / Japanese Lantern, Bladder Cherry D Mannheim 20.6.2013

Fig. 6:  Physalis alkekengi / Japanese Lantern, Bladder Cherry D Mannheim 20.6.2013

Fig. 7:  Physalis alkekengi / Japanese Lantern, Bladder Cherry D Mannheim 20.6.2013

Fig. 8:  Physalis alkekengi / Japanese Lantern, Bladder Cherry D Mannheim 3.10.2010

Fig. 9:  Physalis alkekengi / Japanese Lantern, Bladder Cherry D Mannheim 3.10.2010

Fig. 10:  Physalis alkekengi / Japanese Lantern, Bladder Cherry D Mannheim 3.10.2010

Fig. 11:  Physalis alkekengi / Japanese Lantern, Bladder Cherry Croatia, Medvednica 20.7.2007

Fig. 12:  Physalis alkekengi / Japanese Lantern, Bladder Cherry Croatia, Medvednica 20.7.2007

Fig. 13:  Physalis alkekengi / Japanese Lantern, Bladder Cherry (previous year's fruits) D Mannheim 6.4.2014

Fig. 14:  Physalis alkekengi / Japanese Lantern, Bladder Cherry (previous year's fruits) D Mannheim 24.6.2016

Fig. 15:  Physalis alkekengi / Japanese Lantern, Bladder Cherry (previous year's fruits) D Mannheim 1.4.2017

Fig. 16:  Physalis alkekengi / Japanese Lantern, Bladder Cherry D Mannheim 8.4.2018

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