Oddbox - It's likely that you've never come across physalis before. These unusual fruits (which are also often called Cape gooseberries) hail from South America and taste both tart and sweet. We
![Physalis (Bladder Cherry, Cape Gooseberry, Chinese Lantern, Ground Cherry, Jerusalem Cherry, Strawberry Tomato) | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox Physalis (Bladder Cherry, Cape Gooseberry, Chinese Lantern, Ground Cherry, Jerusalem Cherry, Strawberry Tomato) | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox](https://s3.amazonaws.com/eit-planttoolbox-prod/media/images/Physalis_Nahaufnahme_FCCVF57WS4tg.jpeg)
Physalis (Bladder Cherry, Cape Gooseberry, Chinese Lantern, Ground Cherry, Jerusalem Cherry, Strawberry Tomato) | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
![Physalis alkekengi L. Rosaceae Chinese lantern, Winter Cherry, Bladder Cherry. Distribution: C & S Europe, W. Asia to Japan Culpeper: In his English Physitian of 1652 writes: Winter Cherry ...are of great Physalis alkekengi L. Rosaceae Chinese lantern, Winter Cherry, Bladder Cherry. Distribution: C & S Europe, W. Asia to Japan Culpeper: In his English Physitian of 1652 writes: Winter Cherry ...are of great](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/B0009111/full/full/0/default.jpg)