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The tomatillo, Physalis philadelphica, is a plant in the nightshade family cultivated for its round fruit, which develops inside a papery husk. Domesticated in Mexico before European contact, it remains a standard ingredient in Mexican cooking, particularly in salsa verde and sauces whose tart flavo...
Naranjilla, called lulo in Colombia, is the fruit of Solanum quitoense, a subtropical nightshade native to northwestern South America. The plant bears round fruit with orange skin and green, aromatic pulp divided into seed-filled sections. Its sharply tart flavor is commonly used in juices and other...
Goldenberry, Cape gooseberry, or Physalis peruviana is a fruiting plant in the nightshade family, Solanaceae, native to the Andean region of South America. Its round yellow to orange berries develop inside inflated, papery calyces and have a sweet-tart flavor. The fruit is eaten fresh, dried, or coo...
Ground cherry, identified here as Physalis pubescens, is a plant in the nightshade family, Solanaceae, native to parts of the Americas. It produces small yellow to orange fruits enclosed in papery husks formed from the enlarged calyx, a structure also found in related Physalis species such as tomati...
A small tree native to the South American Andes, renamed 'tamarillo' in New Zealand in 1967 for marketing purposes, which became the world's leading commercial producer.
Native to the Andes and reclassified as Solanum betaceum, tomate de arbol is widely cultivated in Colombia, Ecuador, and New Zealand for its tart, egg-shaped fruit.
A small fruit of the Australian arid zone, kutjera was a staple bush tucker for Aboriginal Australians and is among the most vitamin C-rich plant foods known per gram.
A South American plant domesticated in the Andes producing mild, melon-flavored fruits now cultivated commercially in Chile, Peru, New Zealand, and Spain.
A tropical plant native to the Amazon basin producing tomato-like fruits used as a souring agent in Peruvian and Brazilian Amazonian cuisines.
A red berry native to China, cultivated for over 2,000 years in traditional Chinese medicine and now globally marketed for its antioxidant and nutrient content.
A close relative of Lycium barbarum native to East Asia, similarly used in traditional Chinese medicine for centuries and distinguished by its slightly smaller fruit.
A cosmopolitan weed producing small black berries that are toxic when unripe but have been consumed cooked in traditional cuisines across Africa, Asia, and Europe.
A cosmopolitan weedy nightshade, Solanum americanum produces small black berries eaten in parts of Africa, Asia, and the Americas; unripe fruits contain toxic solanine.
A Eurasian perennial known for its vivid orange-red papery husks used in dried arrangements, with small orange berries that are edible but rarely consumed for flavor.
A toxic Eurasian vine naturalized worldwide, producing small berries that ripen from green through yellow to red and contain solanine, posing risks to children and pets.
