Physalis peruviana - Cape gooseberry

Cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana) is a perennial herb native to South America (Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru) and widely naturalized elsewhere, grown for its sweet-tart orange berries, which are wrapped in a papery, toxic calyx that is discarded before eating.¹ It grows up to 1.2 m tall.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Hardiness zone 11¹
• Hardiness zone 12¹
• Full sun¹
• Semi-shade¹
• Well drained soil¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Human food¹
• Medicinal use¹

Type

• Herb
• Perennial

Functions

• Attracting bees¹
• Ground cover¹
• Wildlife habitat¹

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	up to 1.2

Footnotes

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