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Physalis angulata L.

Specimen

UM-MPU-MPU886174

Taxonomy

Solanaceae
Physalis angulata L.

Origin

Province Nord
Koumac
Koumac
fl.
McClelland, D.
2009-7-16
9
20° 33' 45'' S ; 164° 16' 50.988'' E
Herbaceous; Corolla pale yellow with 5 light brown marks withing. anthers purple. Fruit hangings; fruiting calyx with 10 nearly equal ribs, the 5 intermediate ones somewhat less protruding; veins purple, otherwise green. Some fruiting calyces on a single plant may be smaller than others. some plants with mosstly smaller fruiting calyces are obviouly the same species but probably just on less vigorous plants. These smaller fruiting calyces approach those of specimens in NOU identified as P. minima

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